Sentences with phrase «overly derivative works»

Not exact matches

Overall, Don Jon has its problems — it doesn't explore its issues nearly as elegantly or evenhandedly as I'd like (the women get very little internal lives of their own, instead acting as ciphers for Jon to bounce his porn / mommy issues off), and many elements strike me as overly precious or derivative of other works.

However, and I mean this emphatically, his work does not feel derivative or overly indebted.