Sentences with phrase «with preachy»

The naughtiness that's supposed to be providing us vicarious thrills is at odds with the preachy, moralistic narration from Fonda's character.

Although predictable and with a preachy patriotic «United India» message, this is a heartfelt, heady, homage to hockey.

With its preachy nature, ambiguity, and misogyny, the film shows when you manufacture a perfect formula, a film more easily falls apart.

Let me cease and desist with the preachy psychobabble.

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Why do some people need to impress the Joneses with how preachy they are?

I read the Big Book for my counseling class, and it is one of the most preachy books I have read along with the Bible.

I'm a residual Catholic with agnostic / atheist leanings, but honestly... one of the biggest gripes about religious folks that agnostics have is that they're obnoxious and preachy.

jeff - I forgot to add that those same work - oriented Christians I do charity alongside seem to share my lack of appreciation for the way preachy Christians have a habit of disappearing every so often to «chat» with clients in a corner, or in the parking lot.

Bright does a solid job of exploring how people with social and financial power can and do abuse those who have none, but at no point does the experience become preachy.

Not in a preachy way, but in being who we are — divine beings with human capacities.

It is hard to gauge how this plays with the intended audience, though Sarna often tries to anticipate the reactions of his daughter and her friends» mostly rolling their eyes, occasionally «howling objections»» to statements that diverge from conventional liberal doctrine or sound preachy.

Her skin shone with the pink glow of iron and oxygen - rich blood, she guffawed with great glee and was the last person one would consider «stuffy» or «preachy.»

Its not a preachy book and I don't feel guilty about not using rice flour or nut milk; my shopping bill is still cheaper even with some of the more weird ingredients on it.

This is not your typical earnest, preachy parenting book — it's honest and funny with straight - up advice on how to deal with common «misbehaviours».

«Don't get preachy,» says Kim Johnson, who started the Hawaii farm - to - school education program «Aina in Schools with her husband, musician and green giant Jack Johnson.

My cries for change were met with constant negativity from my parents, accusing me of being too preachy, too crunchy, or too unrealistic.

5 This headline seems quite promising, but a closer look at the article reveals preachy warnings to stay away from «harmful» saturated fats (sorry, kids, no zinc - rich red meat or full - fat dairy products) and bland advice telling vegetarian teens to forestall nutritional deficiencies by eating more soy foods.5 The popular press is rife with such articles, most of which star endlessly hungry teenage boys with nicknames like «The Gaping Maw.»

I don't want to sound too preachy but I am fast falling in LOVE with this line..

With a simple eloquence that never gets preachy, it makes the point that the gay marriage movement was driven by the white middle class, while the marginalized transgender community remains largely unrepresented.

The switch he has at the end in his confrontation with his old friend ends up feeling like a super moralistic preachy lesson about «doing the right thing».

And not preachy - the story gives a message but doesn't smack you in the face with it.

As with «American History X,» Kaye's stance is obvious and moment to moment scenes are a bit preachy, but none of this detracts from the established tone and eventual takeaway of this socially conscience, effortlessly powerful movie.

Although the film is a bit on the preachy side in an obvious way, it's difficult not to feel good about the women coming to terms with their own bodies and feeling proud of who they are.

Films that deal with moral issues in a direct way are often tagged, rightly or not, as preachy and didactic.

Preachy, sketchy, disjunctive, and with a blistery, solarized sheen that makes it look microwaved rather than photographed, «Fair Game» is a movie that for the most part trades on the Wilsons» notoriety instead of delving into the heart of it.

On a larger level, thematically, Cooper also calls attention to the decline of the American West and mistreatment of Native Americans, which echoes «Dances with Wolves» without being preachy.

Veteran TV director Jerry Jameson fails to think bigger than the small screen with this flat, preachy true story drama about a killer on the run (David Oyelowo) connecting with the recovering drug addict he takes hostage (Kate Mara).

An engaging film, sometimes preachy, somewhat special effects poor, but surely a rarity among movies with the spirit of individualism and creativity lauded.

Disney have truly hit a home run, with a heartwarming and super entertaining offering that hits on themes of tolerance and the evils of stereotyping without ever seeming preachy.

The complications are riveting, but Shelton renders them with such tenderness and delicacy that the film never slips into preachy «social problem» movie territory.

In his first directorial duty since «Into the Wild» (2007), Penn, recognized as a human - rights activist in Haiti, relies on Erin Dignam's shallow, preachy script, filled with whispered, often incoherent dialogue.

He's a thin character that stands out in the otherwise no - nonsense fast - cutting action of the film's investigative thread, and he's saddled with the majority of the preachy life - lesson monologues as the film nears its conclusion.

Maybe it is a little heavyhanded and preachy and perhaps it does categorise between Us and Them a little too easily but none of this matters because underneath lurks a worthy, beautifully made film with two stand - out performances.

This time out I thought bay did a better job with giving the Autobots a bit more of a personality and I still think Optimus comes across as a preachy douchebag.

The enduring and healing power of love, the strength of the human will, living for the moment — these are a few of the themes Cameron covers, but instead of coming off as blatantly preachy (which, in some of his previous films, he comes dangerously close to), he addresses these issues with careful subtlety, expressing them mostly through the characters and their actions rather than explicitly written dialogue (with the exception of a few words of wisdom dispensed by Jack).

It's a preachy, after - school special about making the right life choices with some crudities thrown in.

The CEO provides the demonic foil that any great morality play cries out for, cynically played by Jeremy Irons, but the film still challenges us to ask ourselves what we would do if presented with the same situation, without becoming needlessly preachy.

The overarching point — that society demands the impossible of mothers and punishes them harshly for stepping out of line — looks to be well made, but with plenty of laughs to keep things from getting too preachy.

Eating Animals is not a preachy militant vegan documentary, but rather an affectionate and thoughtful examination of traditions that helped build this country in the early days: actual farms with actual farmers raising livestock naturally,...

«For all its social pertinance, the film is never preachy or didactic, and its clearly primarily concerned with providing a solid popcorn experience.»

Samuel L. Jackson and Khandi Alexander also star, along with Charles S. Dutton in the only truly preachy scene in the film, one which is mercifully short.

At a certain point, we have to come up for air after drowning in information, and Andrew Stern's screenplay, which starts as a preachy look at the dangers of being inundated with technology, ultimately is focuses on those moments — the ones in which people do come up for air and quickly realize that their lungs are straining from lack of use.

Instead of getting preachy, I - 60 tempers its fantastical morality tale with humor.

His story (co-written with his TANGERINE and STARLET collaborator Chris Bergoch) never feels condescending, preachy or romanticized.

Follow up each scene with contrivance after contrivance to further give voice to the movie's underlying preachy nature, and if you're going to preach, you might as well go the distance and wrap John and his family up as God - fearing folk who go to church every Sunday and take time out to pray for a miracle in every scene.

By contrast, he filmed The Florida Project in 35 - millimeter, endowing the decrepit settings with a suggestion of cinematic beauty that adheres to the story's tone — never preachy but hyper aware.

In the least preachy terms possible, Spy Kids 2 pushes a message of family unity — adding to Buscemi's Frankenstein subplot is another involving Gregorio's invasive in - laws, played with perverse glee by Holland Taylor and Ricardo Montalban.

There is much to like about this movie, starting with its attitudes — which are refreshingly progressive without feeling forced or preachy.

The preachy comment stuck with me, which is why, this year, I've decided to talk about sin — and in particular, the sin of omission and the basic idea that you should pay attention to what you are not doing.

How you approach the subject is important as many learners feel that employee development trainings are somewhat «preachy» and often deal with serious subjects — therefore serious reads.