Sentences with phrase «schmaltz at»

This movie runs on cliché and is fueled by emotional treacle, dripping into overblown schmaltz at the worst moments, reveling in these instances of excess in ways that are consistently maddening.

If you can't find schmaltz at your grocery store or butcher shop, dreams can also be made of butter.

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What began two films ago as a deliciously snarky reinventing of fairy tales, done with appropriate, and long overdue, swipes at the purveyors of schmaltz has become the very thing it once made sport of.

At only 84 minutes, it never bogs down with needless seriousness or scenes of emotional schmaltz, always seeking to keep audiences smiling with sight gags, allusions that are actually clever, and choice bits of music that accentuates the action instead of just being shoehorned in to hock soundtracks.

At its best, this affecting biopic of the cosmos - rattling astrophysicist Stephen Hawking (Eddie Redmayne) smartly avoids schmaltz.

Director Jonathan Levine (50/50) and his team of writers (including Evan Goldberg, natch) dip a toe in schmaltz rather than investing at all in actual character development, preferring to string together episodes of goofball fun.

Spielberg keeps things sharp, rarely defaulting to his old - school schmaltz tendencies — though his movies almost always tend to get goopy at the end, and The Post is not immune to that.

T2 will doubtless always be the cinematic franchise at its peak, simply because it blends everything so well — Cameron directs with verve, intensity & emotion; his cast balance drama, comedy & feeling perfectly; the script avoids cheese or schmaltz to touch on deeper themes & be remarkably human & the narrative expands the story logically and satisfyingly outwards.

If this film at least owned up to its cruel spirit, that would at least make it a little more digestible, but by supplying an ending comprised entirely of artificial schmaltz, it somehow makes the experience feel even more repugnant.

After all, that one was at least somewhat clever with its humor, a bit relatable to its title character and how having God's powers affects him, and surprisingly effective in bringing a worthwhile theme out of its later schmaltz.

When you see the dead wife's gorilla friend or her dog try to bond with Grace as if they sense her presence, it will probably have you hurling chunks in your popcorn bucket at such nauseating syrupy schmaltz that what should be touching ends up quite laughable.

With that said, schmaltz has its fans, as evidenced by a few scattered displays of sincere applause by the general public in attendance at my screening upon the overdue arrival of the end credits.

At best, it might be a mildly satisfactory weepy, the kind of unapologetic adult - oriented schmaltz that doesn't really get made anymore.

With neither irony nor schmaltz, the film is about what is really important in life, at once ineffable and immediate poetry.