Sentences with phrase «manipulative schmaltz»

But unlike P.S. I Love You, which overdid the manipulative schmaltz with sugary excess, Definitely, Maybe doesn't provide too many eye - rolling moments and never gets too touchy - feely or vomit - inducing.

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He's trying to make a heart - tugging account of a boy and his horse with all the classical filmmaking techniques that he grew up admiring, but where schmaltz can work when done delicately and with precision, Spielberg and his collaborators have lacquered this baby up in so many shiny coats of manipulative drivel that it borders on spoof.