Sentences with phrase «school earnestness»
by Walter Chaw A little like Neil Diamond, Kevin Costner is an anachronism whose earnestness has landed him in Squaresville when the tragedy is that with a little tweaking in perspective, his peculiar brand of old - school earnestness might have his contemporaries looking upon him with more admiration than mirth.
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Richard Linklater, one of my favorite living directors, though focused on the lives of high schoolers in the 70's, still has the same vision he does today for perceptive realism and dialogue driven earnestness.