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It has speeches that some viewers dismiss as naive or bombastic but that make others tingle with excitement.
Jeanette wore it well, and got even with naive Nelson.
And like Nickolas Nickleby, at the end, they finish their journey not far from where they started, but at least a little wiser and lot less naive.
I first saw this when I was a young naive 12 year old, and at that age it still touched me.
But Sinatra's young and naive in this one, and in his own sung words falls in love too fast.
Okay, maybe they WERE a tad more naive, innocent even, in that Jurassic Age but how many genuine film lovers, sated with scatology, screwing and in-your-face sex, turn back to those days of Stories, Style, Slickness and Skill and wallow in great movies like this one.
And so, the ladies involved with this film (three female producers, a female writer/ director, female co-writer and the lovely Gretchen Mol, who I'm sure helped shape this role with her own sugary influence) really captured the idea of a sweet, somewhat naive, southern girl who really enjoyed having her photo taken and hoped that good ol' JC wouldn't be too upset with her.
If you think this is how America truly is, then you're so naive.
His salesman in O LUCKY MAN is naive and believes what line is ever given to him by his employers.
Tom, idealistic, insensitive and naive is embraced by Audrey, emotionally more mature but more vulnerable, accepting his sometimes preposterous social and literary speculation as a sign of substance in comparison to the increasingly jaded and cynical world of her preppy friends.
His naive will to live a life according to what he thinks is the will of God clashes not only with his unfulfilled sexual desires, but also with the mechanisms of power within the order.
While the plot of both movies is pure fantasy, the second movie adds more characters to the mythology of Halloweentown, and builds on the foundation of the first movie by reviving the villain in a new guise, and shows both the naive nature of the teenage Marnie - and of her vulnerable mother.
Or maybe I was too young and naive to know what was happening.
People can talk about its impact at its release, hailing back to a more naive America.
The idea of "Little Giant" seemed a natural for great comedy; Costello plays a country fellow, well-intentioned but naive, who dreams of success in the big city.
But despite the sometimes overly violent scenes, I think it great that the show is marketed towards little tots like my nephews because only children that age can be naive enough not to read into the wise-cracking and very subjective manner of the show.
Peter Spelson's "The Psychotronic Man" is a tour de force of naive post-intelligentsia film noire.
Only the naive and ignorant will find this film charming.
The casting is excellent, Nigel Terry portrays both the naive boyish Arthur and the elder statesman with great panaché.
And like Emperor's Club, both teachers, although leaving their intangible, yet indelible mark on the young men they taught, are shown to be quite weak and naive in matters of the world and politics.
Now, Father Angel is sincere in his quest but he also seems a bit naive and sees signs that are perhaps other than he thinks they are, but somehow, with his partners along, despite all the bumbling, it certainly does seem like he's on to something.
She happens across an ad in the window for a hostess at a sex club, and like most naive people, thinks all she will have to do is bring tea to the customers and clean off tables.
Danielle De Luca stars as Diana, a naive young woman who ends up working in a seedy strip joint in a town where game hunting is an obsession and women seem to be disappearing at an alarming rate.
The contactees don't seem remotely like the naive, wide-eyed, day-dreaming out of touch with reality raving fruitcakes the media frequently presents to the masses.
But, when Jack unexpectedly meets and falls for Jenny Travile (Rachael Leigh Cook), a sexy but seemingly naive jewelry shop clerk, he quickly finds himself trapped in a treacherous love triangle filled with suspicion, vengeance, and murder.
As a child, he has a naive enthusiasm for romance.
It highlights how narcissistic politicians play on naive constituents to create chaos, mayhem and oppression.
Read today the book is hilariously naive and full of misinformation.
The other characters -- Wendell Corey as the naive and deluded husband, Lucile Watson as the boss's shrewd but likable wife, and Viola Roach (I think) as the Craigs' housekeeper are all well-fleshed-out characters, and the performances are excellent.
The long lingering close-ups of Mary's face,her eyes and hair superbly lit,recollect the almost mythologising aspect of Victorian child portraiture.Perhaps it takes a European director to reveal the potential for real beauty in the long hallways,sweeping staircases and secret passages in an English manor house.British filmmakers are often too concerned with post-colonial guilt and wracked with naive ideas of class conflict to give a balanced picture of life in Victorian England.
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