Ironically, the imagined scenes — the murder, the lovemaking — seem real, and the documentary footage and trial recreation are too campy, aggravated by the actors» declamatory style. (emanuellevy.com)
Saulnier rarely uses declamatory dialogue, as when Dwight's sister laments «I'd forgive you if you were crazy. (rogerebert.com)
The make - up team has thankfully gone easy on the prosthetics too, and his voice — soft and measured, with a folksy rasp — only occasionally descends into the expected declamatory speechifying. (scotsman.com)