Sentences with word «smarminess»

And it is a wicked satire of American smarminess («Welcome to Nashville and to my lovely home,» a country star gushes to Elliott Gould).

Likewise, Craig Roberts emerges as a young, Bud Cort-esque performer to watch, successfully pulling off precociousness without smarminess.

His leadership skills and witty smarminess is what bridges the gap between the cinematic universe and the TV world.

Whitford, even more perfectly cast here than he was as a white - collar cog of The Cabin In The Woods, performs a tireless display of paternalistic smarminess, managing to slip a couple subtle variations on «boy» into a single two - minute stretch.

But here he hangs bombarding the place with his inane loquacious smarminess.

The reference to a «high standard» raises to new heights the definition of smarminess.

But Neuhaus calls the faculty protest «smarminess» and goes on to denigrate the «national prominence» of Calvin College, as if it is some rude, liberal Podunk institution looking for cheap media attention with a publicity stunt.

While no longer a villain akin to the Nazi overlord he played in «Basterds,» Waltz brings the same mixture of smarminess and verbose delivery that defined that Oscar - winning achievement, giving the impression that his curiously literate persona exists out of time.

Still, Maud Adams makes a nice impression and Roger Moore has shed some of his smarminess.

Ryan Reynolds has starred in several romantic comedies, modulating his smarminess as needed.

For us that are slightly more jaded, the film benefits greatly from a lack of smarminess.

«AMC took the smarminess out of marketing for me.

I just postulated a possible conflict, Jesus, turn the smarminess down a notch before you hurt yourself.