Sentences with phrase «into schmaltz»

British director Stephen Frears (The Queen) resists temptation and brings Philomena to the edge of sentimentality without tottering into schmaltz.

Oscar - winning screenwriter Thomas McCarthy maintains a breezy wit throughout and remains firmly behind the wheel, juggling several characters» emotional arcs without crossing into schmaltz.

Instead, it ends on a Hackford uplift: a proverbial Gere carrying a proverbial Winger into the schmaltz sunset of a bright contrivance.

Enthusiasm and vigor prevent the production from descending into schmaltz.

Voiced with perfect innocence by Ben Whishaw and gorgeously animated by Framestore, this profoundly likeable bear consistently toes the line of maximum charm without slipping into schmaltz.

Not exact matches

Working in batches and adding more schmaltz and oil to skillet as needed to maintain 1/8 inches fat, drop large spoonfuls of mixture into pan, pressing gently with the back of a spoon or spatula to flatten slightly.

But remember, unless you're making hot - water pastry you'll want to chill or even freeze the schmaltz well before incorporating it into your dough.

Roast potatoes in goose or chicken fat or slice them into a duck fat galette — the starchy root takes exceptionally well to schmaltz.

Pour the schmaltz from the skillet into a container, using a mesh strainer to catch any small pieces of skin.

A master's degree thesis project shows that chicken fat (aka schmaltz) can be turned into biodiesel.

The story sometimes slips into soapy territory, but when you think the schmaltz is going to ruin it, Yamada gives it just enough of a twist to make you realize this is not your regular romantic film.

When David's dad suffers a heart attack in the opening scene, Richard Kind wastes no time in subverting your expectation (the word «Orientals» comes up), a move that turns lazy schmaltz into laughs — and sets the tone for the whole 30 minutes.

What begins as a seriocomic approach to marital dissatisfaction in the spirit of Husbands and Wives awkwardly lurches into broad comedy via gags about «massage» parlors and schmaltz that's tonally closer to Crazy, Stupid, Love.

The film isn't very high on insight into the human condition and would have been better served by leaving the schmaltz alone.

The obsession with reworking John Denver's hilljack schmaltz classic «Country Road» into an un-ironic ode to the «concrete roads» of the picture's Tokyo - bound little girl protagonist (Shizuku (Youko Honna)-RRB-, for instance, almost by itself renders Whisper of the Heart a Hello Kitty!

It largely avoids schmaltz until the third act (when it wallows in it), and if its conclusion borders on the implausible, sliding into the ridiculous, Hart's War provides easy causes to champion, nice turns by Farrell and Hauser, and enough cleverly framed set - pieces to ease the pain of its predictability and hamfistedness.

It's the type of «love of the sport» schmaltz usually reserved for horrible children's books, but in this case was turned into a voiceover (read by Bryant) and animated with highlights from the NBA superstar's career juxtaposed against a small child intently learning the game.

This movie runs on cliché and is fueled by emotional treacle, dripping into overblown schmaltz at the worst moments, reveling in these instances of excess in ways that are consistently maddening.