Sentences with phrase «syrupy sentimentality»

Pushing a message as frothy as this one with points scored along political lines and with an almost complete lack of syrupy sentimentality to gum up the works, the film's inevitable box - office victory (penguins are more of a sure thing nowadays than Harry Potter) is cause for celebration, in no small part because Miller is one of the few directors who deserves the freedom to do whatever the hell he wants.

Fresh, sharp and witty... It certainly offers a brisk antidote to the syrupy sentimentality that has lately taken over «The Cosby Show.»

And whenever a popular band creates a new kind of music (reggae, rap, or alternative rock), Christians copy it and market it, but only after «baptizing» it with simplistic slogans and syrupy sentimentality.