Mawkish
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A fine young cast is wasted in this empty,
mawkish
, manipulative film that tries to be a combination of both a cute comedy and an insightful drama.
More example sentences with word mawkish
It may have some long-term significance as a snapshot of 1950s US thinking, but there is little else to commend in the
mawkish
storyline, wooden acting and grating style.
Angel-A is a change of pace for Besson; monochrome,
mawkish
and rather mediocre.
The film itself is overflowing with
mawkish
sentimentality.
It is a rare and fine spectacle, an allegory of death and transfiguration that is neither preachy nor
mawkish.
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