Sentences with phrase «into mawkishness»

Evans keeps the story on track and doesn't slip into mawkishness or bathos.

while the overt emotionality of an episode such as Vincent and the Doctor (in which the Doctor meets up with Vincent van Gogh to battle a space monster) may tie into the show's larger mythos however veers into mawkishness.

It's direct and heartfelt but avoids tipping over into mawkishness or message - making.

It races along at a breakneck pace and occasionally stumbles into mawkishness, but is carried along by Hugh Jackman's total commitment and some appallingly catchy songs.

The action remains mostly routine, but the film allows Deadpool's sudden tenderness for Russell to bleed through his smarm without delving into mawkishness.

Not exact matches

It's endearing in its mawkishness, and the storybook nature of its narrative is of the same quality you'd find on a child's bedside table, but it isn't a satisfying game to play despite the contrivances it makes in an attempt to fool you into thinking it is.