Sentences with phrase «sappy sentimentality»
The Fault in Our Stars opens with a promise of its own, as the young woman decries the sappy sentimentality of the depiction of cancer and dying in the movies and in trashy romance novels.
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The indie dramedy genre is generally characterized by it's portrayal of a dysfunctional family, a haphazard group of friends or a bumbling arrangement of strangers in a scenario where there are multiple revelations, declarations and betrayals, soaked in sappy sentimentality and feel - good moments.
Although it contains some memorably outrageous comedy moments, this movie (retitled The Brothers Grimsby for North America) is such an awkward combination of gross - out humour, violent action and sappy sentimentality that it never becomes a...
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Eclectic characters and situations are mixed with sappy, saccharine sentimentality.