Sentences with phrase «sparkles with wit»

An NPR Best Book of the Year that «sparkles with wit» (Aimee Bender, New York Times bestselling author): Lizzie is determined to lose weight — but can she learn to love her body and herself instead?

Every line sparkles with wit and insight, every scene fits into a beautiful whole, and there isn't a single character in it who wouldn't furnish an interesting movie of their own.

Greta Gerwig's script sparkles with wit and has the ring of truth: the film might only be partly based on her own experiences, but the fact Gerwig gave her cast her high school yearbooks and journals to help them prepare suggests a keenly felt autobiographical undercurrent.

It is brilliant typecasting and the play sparkles with wit and verve and even a little pathos for the do - gooder Kyra, who misses the good life of her former lover - employer Tom, since she's now living in a freezing flat and can't even afford to buy edible cheese on her school - teacher - to - the - poor salary.

There are a few misses here — most notably, the lifeless introduction by Neal Pollack — but on the whole, the pieces sparkle with wit, pain and honesty.

Their new tales, set more than a century apart, sparkle with wit, crackling dialogue, and heroines who discover the courage to reach out for life's adventures.

Not exact matches

This marvelous book is a jewel of Saint - Simonian utopianism: crystal clear, polished with wit, and sparkling with genius.

-- with just the right balance of genuine gratitude and sparkling wit.

In an erudite collection of essays on art that sparkle with his sardonic wit, the English novelist Julian Barnes wisely observes: «An artist's career... is more likely to be a matter of obsessional overlap, of ferrying back and forth, of process rather than result, journey rather than arrival.»

With a sparkling voice cast (everyone performs their characters» songs) and a heaping helping of wit and charm, Sing is unexpectedly great fun.

But when she learns of her husband's blossoming affair, Meg resorts to drastic measures, with unexpected consequences for everyone involved... Brimming with sumptuous locales and sweeping romance, «A Good Woman» is a sophisticated ode to Wilde's legendary wit and wisdom, beautifully directed by Mike Barker from a sparkling script by Howard Himelstein.

In a classic screwball comedy — which this film resembles — such lines would have wit and sparkle: Ralph Bellamy would exclaim with gusto, «This food is of restaurant quality!»

Maybe it's because of her association with the Underworld franchise, but to me, the name Kate Beckinsale doesn't necessarily conjure up sparkling dialogue and caustic wit.

She's a spy and he's a thief, but they have a shared history — and she owes him a debt that he aims to claim in this delightful historical romp, narrated to perfection by Potter with sprightly dialogue, sparkling wit, and wry humor.

- Newsweek «Endearing, amusing... Sparkles with African sunshine and wit.»

Depending on the recollection, Lynch's voice becomes husky with heartache or sparkles with dry wit.

Eligible sparkles with Austen-esque wit and intelligence and is a pure pleasure to read.

Kellgren prances through this narration with sparkling wit and theatrical attention to detail.

The sparkling wit that lay underneath the crude surface of Volition's prior games is mostly absent here, with characters that are fun at first but grow old due to them being nothing more than a collection of snarky comments and skin - deep quirks.

The Tiberio Palace embraces the island's Fifties and Sixties heritage with a sparkling wit that never drifts into pastiche.