Word: triteness
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Stars, of course, are one way of freshening up trite formulas. But the task is getting tougher. James Earl Jones brings his bearlike charisma to the role of an ex-con who becomes an investigator for a defense attorney in Gabriel's Fire. But the writers do him no service, with pretentious narration ("Where am I? I look around and it feels like a dream") and a predictable odd-couple relationship with the yuppie lawyer he works for (Laila Robins). CBS's Evening Shade, meanwhile, has recruited such veterans as Burt Reynolds, Hal Holbrook and Elizabeth Ashley to breathe some...
...very end of the book is a profound disappointment; Turow creates a most unlikely event that provides the most optimistic future outcome for all parties. The abrupt, trite ending seems to suggest that Turow got tired of writing and yearned for the comfort of his plush law office, and simply wanted to tack on a quick ending...
...pioneer Swedish director, have seen in this plump teenager? Maybe the future of movies. He changed her name to Garbo, cast her as the young female lead in his The Story of Gosta Berling (1924), then brought her along to Hollywood. The rest of their story is too trite and tragic for even a Garbo vehicle. Stiller was fired from The Temptress, their only American film together. He went home and died two years later...
...think any play that tried to answer the questions would be trite," Martin said...
Much of the blame lies with Stephen Metcalfe's predictable, often trite script. The story unfolds as the exuberant Megs, sincerely played by Tom Chick, arrives early one spring morning to take his old buddy Dave, played by a more reserved yet no less convincing Jeff Branion, out for the opening day of fishing...