The smug voice - over introduction, the overbearing jauntiness of Alexandre Desplat's score, the sitcom - ready shell shock we see in the Suburbicon residents» faces: It's all grotesquely unsubtle filmmaking in a picture whose takedown of Eisenhower - era white supremacy isn't exactly the stuff of nuance to begin with. (latimes.com)
«Shrek,» based on a well - loved children's book by William Steig, has plenty going for it: The story of a fat, cranky, green ogre with no social skills, it has a rough - and - tumble jauntiness that's often hard to resist. (salon.com)
There's a somewhat contrived jauntiness to this blending of fact and fiction that may leave cynical audiences annoyed. (contactmusic.net)