Word: sentimentales
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The bill represents a shamefully political reaction to the events of Oklahoma City. Although the content of the bill is, for the most part, not fundamentally objectionable--with the exception, perhaps, of the anti-alien clause--its timing is open to question. On the day of the vote, with teary...
That's life according to the movies and the rest of a pop culture devoted to offering us emotionally reassuring clichas on a weekly basis. (A good current example is My Family, another immigrant saga, in which any seasoned moviegoer can foretell the fate of every character the minute he...
It is unfortunate to see Lemmon--like Woody Allen and Robin Williams--become seemingly ashamed of his comedic talents, and turn to awful "serious" roles in order to get respect. Woody Allen went from making great, loopy comedies to putting out insufferable Ingmar Bergmanesque dramas, as strained as facelifts and...
The soundtrack throughout the film is comically melodramatic. Extravagant orchestrations played at ridiculous volumes signal every scene shift seconds before it actually happens. Inevitably, when the orchestra begins to from a joyful, blaring, Christmas song to a slow, drippy, sentimental ballad, it's time for someone to get really mushy...
The whole scene is overtly sentimental, but Grady's emotion is described unselfconsciously so that we don't resist it: "I was seized with a powerful longing to put my arms around [Irv], to brush his rough cheek against mine, to sit down and eat the bread of affliction with...