I felt that after the last war, the motion picture going public had tired of the cinematographic «chocolate eclairs» which had been stuffed down their throats, and which had in a large degree figuratively ruined their stomachs with this overdose of saccharine in pictures. (philonfilm.net)
Janie Jones» is edgy, not saccharine as this material in lesser hands might be, but director David M. Rosenthal has done a very good job in balancing the two extremes in this touching, charming, and well - acted film. (awardsdaily.com)
You'll note «The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn» isn't on this list (as I really just need to wait and see on that one), and «War Horse» recently launched a trailer dripping in saccharine that might leave the feeling of derivation. (incontention.com)