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352 examples of Simplistic in a sentence

Absolutely astonishing imagery and camera-work elevates this simplistic horror film to a level that doesn't even have a name.
The story was cheesy and simplistic.
With naturalism out of the question, pros like Fredric March, Betty Field & Agnes Moorehead all succumb to heightened stage manners, but they still can't pull off the simplistic humanistic psychological ending.
The plot dealing with mistaken identities and misunderstandings is simplistic and rather dumb.
I look forward to someday seeing a film of that, rather than this simplistic media gossip version of what was important about it.
His calmness and grace in this role make this otherwise simplistic tale sing.
"Across 110th Street" was more than just a cliché (yet it was full of them), it was deep and developed (yet had a simplistic story about cops and criminals), it was gritty and honest (yet overly-so enough to make you gasp, not laugh), and it was pure, uncut, cinematic genius from beginning to the wildly unseen ending.
The actors were designated by their collective wallet, not heart or mind, and the direction was simplistic.
Plus, a lot of the dialog is simplistic, cartoon-like, i.e. not very realistic at all.
A simplistic, yet highly entertaining comedy starring Richard Pryor.
To me, that quality makes for the best Columbo opposition, because it places the emphasis is on the cat and mouse game, rather than just the simplistic good vs. bad.
It shows a great number of very simplistic clichés and stereotypes about the United States, Blacks, Russia, Jews, etc.
A good premise ruined by a simplistic, soap-opera script, weak supporting performances (though Angelina Jolie is, as has been noted, quite good), and low production values, this story of the lives of women helping to settle the West never quite gels.
The acting is horrible, the characters implausible, the actresses are extremely annoying, and the plot is cliché and simplistic.
One can only think Holden was forced to work on this picture, which hits you over the head with salvo after salvo of predictable psuedo-psychological double talk and laughable explorations into "hidden traumatic childhood incidents" intended to sensitively explicate present behavior in painfully simplistic terms.
I also liked that the movie didn't shy away from comments (however simplistic) about race.
Also, the movie has such a simplistic ending.
Besides the swarming black blobs, there were also a few laughs in the "plot"; it was both humorous and painful to watch them try to take seriously the tired, over used, simplistic plot line.
Simplistic and predictible plot.
Simplistic plot with little character development make this a movie best watched on an afternoon one would like to waste in a little escapism.
The story passes through a grist mill of situations that leave the viewer with the simplistic notion that everything will be fine, if you just have the courage to be yourself with others.
Just the counterpiece of the more commonly told (and likewise simplistic) liberal story of the suppressed girl from the province, old fashioned and educated with narrow-minded moralist principles who moves to a urban environment and develops unimagined qualities, gets famous, discovers sex etc.
The question why an explained pacifist kills her girl friend is answered in a too simplistic way, if the film suggests he was only having his ideas to make himself interesting and to seduce girls.
I didn't expect to like this movie - it seemed like the topic was too easily made into a simplistic 'hurt-emotion' and 'stand-up for yourself' type movie.
Like most made for tv movies, this potentially moving film about the plight of a very brave disabled little girl is hi-jacked by a script that always sticks to the obvious, dialogue which is painful in its banality and a patronising, simplistic attitude to the issues that it raises.
The plot jumped around non-stop, and it was practically impossible to follow, even though it was incredibly simplistic.
It is low budget and simplistic, but it had kid appeal when we didn't have 200 tv stations to choose from and video stores at every corners.
For many reasons, the story was too simplistic too obviously a slap in the face for pater and a nudge in the ribs for anyone who would giggle and snort or nod knowingly.
The plot is simplistic : Shao Lung (Peter Chen) joins an acrobat troupe to improve his kung fu skills in order to take on the merciless killer, Wu Pa Feng (Casanova), who took his father's life in a duel over a badge bestowing leadership on a criminal group, and I agree the humour is crudely done but just watch these guys in action.
Here's the plot,such as it is -- a bunch of uninteresting, taciturn working class folk living in Bermondsey eke out a turgid existence (no sign of drugs though-hmmm,has Mike read any newspapers lately?) variously getting pantomime drunk at karaoke evenings (can't remember her name but that character was so laughably simplistic that I almost took her to be a post-modernist joke slipped in!), now and again shouting at each other, having listless sex, and barely able to conjure up a wry larf between the lot of them.
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