The poems introduced below are short and easy to digest, and can be enjoyed on a fairly literal level. (educationworld.com)
Ruby, the young protagonist, is constrained at the most literal level by the geography of Cradle Cross — it's surrounded by canals, and while Ruby longs to get to sea, she's forbidden to go near water. (bookbrowse.com)
The concept takes magical realism to a reductive, overtly literal level, trivializing the subject and the people the film tries so hard to memorialize. (rottentomatoes.com)