Sentences with phrase «sanctimonious moralizing»

Payne has often been likened to the great Preston Sturges, and a generous reading of this movie's unwieldy structure might position it in the spirit of Sturges» classic 1941 comedy «Sullivan's Travels,» with its nutty hairpin turns, earnest doofus hero and sincere if sanctimonious moralizing about What Humanity Really Needs.