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But her big ballads are undermined by a tendency to overbelt.

Unfortunately, his sub-Radiohead stylings are undermined by a strange thing he insists on doing with his neck.

Marianne Cornetti offers a correct, smoothly sung Amneris, but her efforts to win Radames's affections are undermined by a headdress that looks as if she has sprouted ram's horns.

Once again, Mr. González Iñárritu's fine and subtle instincts as a director of actors and a composer of shots are undermined by a melodramatic sense of story and a fundamentally sentimental conception of fate.

Ms. McDormand and Mr. De Niro, who gives one of his deepest, most generous performances in some time, are undermined by a movie that seems not to trust their gifts for emotional understatement (Scott).

(Scott) 'RENDITION' (R, 120 minutes) This complex melodrama about torture and terrorism is full of big ideas and good intentions, but these are undermined by a confusing, overly busy narrative scheme and uneven performances.

The feisty assertion was undermined by a forlorn note.

But confidence has been undermined by a range of problems.

Sotherton's Olympic challenge was undermined by a kidney problem and a quadriceps injury.

The alliance is also being undermined by a change of public perception.

Both of those efforts could be undermined by a prolonged spat with Nicaragua.