Sentences with phrase «never didactic»

What we said: At its core this is a spectacular work of contemporary young adult fiction, one with a strong moral core, angled yet never didactic, expansive yet always focused.

Never didactic and often hilarious, this debut novel about a Muslim teen in Australia shows the diversity of her immigrant community as well as the discrimination and family struggles she experiences.

Never didactic, always captivating, the story is filled with quiet humor and seamless invention.

Yet her writing is never didactic — in fact, the complex ways with which her characters face the fallout of an entire belief system are made even more powerful precisely because of their subtlety.

Much like the novel, the film takes a matter - of - fact yet thought - provoking perspective on the central underlying fact that governs the character's lives — never didactic nor preachy, but encouraging you to construct the rest of society (which exists as a sort of negative space against which our characters appear in sharp relief) and the ethical concerns that the film brings up but doesn't answer.

Stunningly acted, never didactic and yet provoking endless important questions, Michael Inside is a searing portrait of a damaged system, and the boys we lose to it.

Never didactic or presentist in his approach, Beauvois explores the changes wrought by WWII with sobering sensitivity.

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But these scenes sag under the weight of didactic discussions that never go deep enough to be interesting.

The bad news is that this well - intentioned family drama never quite shakes free from its didactic, movie - of - the - week dramaturgy and a hand - holding approach to race - relations.

Dead Rising was never a great game — it's perverse and didactic in equal measure, and an exciting concept delivered with almost no artistry or craft.

«For all its social pertinance, the film is never preachy or didactic, and its clearly primarily concerned with providing a solid popcorn experience.»

Park's didactic drawl combined with Long's incredulity turned shallow yelping makes for some unlikely, deeply weird drama, tension that's sustained through the pic's entirety, but never wavering from an undercurrent of «what the hell is this?»

But she never allows one thread to become didactic or overpowering, keeping the focus directly on her two main characters and every social and political edge built in to their arcs.

And thanks to Abrahamson's assured, subtly comic style, this thoughtful script never feels too didactic or worse, desperate for Arcade Fire - like hipster cred.

An Education is brutally candid about class in ways that never feel didactic or heavy - handed.

Confronted with wartime racism, didactic teaching, and the bureaucracy of schools, she was never afraid to get involved.

The logic of the installation never became didactic.

Never strident or didactic, her approach is as subtle as the subtle forms of racism she often encounters.

Because Seliger's lines and dots are essentially abstract, and never function in a didactic way, his linearity differs significantly from Klee's.

However, his work was never overtly political or didactic.