Contrived
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The story line is
contrived
(Lale was not tricked out of Switzerland Rolf Liebermann's parents, there is no info that Liebermann helped smuggle Jews from Germany, the original song had been recorded outside of the control of the NS regime not while under control, the record played at the station was picked up in Vienna while a Lt. was there on leave, etc, etc) the costumes are poor and incorrect for the time frames (SS black uniforms used every where from border guards to staff positions, these went away from daily use once the war started, etc), the characters are stereo types (SA bullies in a club once they were essentially out of power).
The movie uses meaningless,
contrived
plot lines to deliver trash to homes of thousands.
Visually
contrived
with painful attempts to create beautiful hip indie cinematography, the whole film feels like the director - whose previous effort Dodgeball was funny if outright commercial - is desperately seeking indie credibility by cobbling together aspects of other indie films but sprinkling it with stars like Mena Suvari, Sienna Miller and Nick Nolte.
The fact that the young lover has a twin brother, for instance, is so
contrived
that I groaned out loud.
Isn't just too
contrived
for Gene to switch to the ladies team and then throw himself on his sword?
Therefore some what
contrived.
This is so obviously overdone to lay on the anti-war propaganda, that it comes across as simply long, outrageous, and
contrived.
This is an extremely silly and little seen film about slavery in the West Indies and it stars Puddy from the "Seinfeld" show! Patrick Warburton made his film debut in this
contrived
movie and he's noticeably slimmer here.
No real political message like the film "Burn" but just another
contrived
plot device to move the story along.
The "twist" ending is very
contrived.
It seems as though the plot, with holes big enough to drive a Guiness truck through, has been slapped together with a
contrived "
fish out of water" theme so that viewers can gaze into Woods teary eyes as he learns how to become a man ie.
In an attempt to fulfill the concentric circle of an actor's plight, the performance and presentation is too
contrived
and poorly executed to draw any compassion from the viewer.
the director cast his own daughter as the precocious brat probably because no respectable agent would have permitted a client to ruin a career by being in such a lame,
contrived
and uninteresting movie.
While parts of the movie were charming, much of the movie felt contrived, undeveloped, or otherwise just boring or predictable.
Basing a key element of a story on someone wearing the wrong hat is trite and
contrived.
The relationships seem
contrived
and the acting is so-so.
There are shows that a formulaic but do not feel formulaic and contrived, unfortunately PP is not so.
The plot is extremely
contrived
and manipulative.
It is a third rate mystery that becomes extremely
contrived
by the time it unravels.
Even then, the acting for the most part was
contrived
and was not believable.
Resembling a nightmare gone horribly wrong, each scene seems more
contrived
than the next.
This film was choppy, incoherent and
contrived.
We think that this movie is going to be about something with Connery's conviction against capitol punishment in the beginning but it turns out to be nothing but a standard,
contrived
for the audience's sake, run of the mill, let's never get it over with, thriller.
Getting There I found too predictable,
contrived
and slow, and to this day I still consider it as the Olsen twins' worst.
In other words, it feels like they are
contrived
movie scenes, not like real life.
Not that there aren't other campy and
contrived
parts of "Hammerhead: Shark Frenzy."
Serious race-related social issues are wheeled on in
contrived
and opportunistic fashion in order to justify armed robbery, then they're ditched as soon as the film has to produce the inevitably conventional ending in which crime is punished, the LAPD turns out to be a bunch of caring, guilt-ridden liberals (tell that to Rodney King), and aspirational 'good' sista, Jada Pinkett Smith, follows the path of upward mobility out of the 'hood and into a world of middle-class self-indulgence opened up for her by her buppie bank-manager boyfriend.
Sort of matches the attitude of the director of this half-baked,
contrived
film.
Robert DiNiro's character was just a bit too
contrived.
With minimal special effects, it manages to be a psychological study of sorts, with a simple yet existential theme - who gets hit by the bus, and why her? It's not a great film, yet because there is little
contrived
about it, the story works.
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