Sentences with phrase «possess more wit»

On paper this sounds theoretical — more The American Scholar than «Tell all the truth and tell it slant» — but Davies is constitutionally incapable of making something so dry, and in addition to his trademark romanticism, A Quiet Passion also possess more wit than any other movie this year, save perhaps for Love and Friendship.

Not exact matches

What unfolds is more or less a battle of wits between the quick - witted prisoners who have limited resources to employ, and their captors, who possess seemingly unlimited resources but are cautious to use them immediately.
Visually, the exhibitions could not be more different, and yet In & Out of Amsterdam: Travels in Conceptual Art, 1960 — 1976 possesses a satirical wit similar in spirit to that of the Belgian master.
Kent always knew more about any topic than I did, and he possessed a finely edged wit.
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