Sentence examples for characters lacking from inspiring English sources

In the first half, this is a vicious source of amusement; in the second it sours, leaving some characters lacking humanity.

Though Zhao films Brady, his family, his friends, and his neighbors with empathy and sensitivity, she nonetheless yields to one particular realm of stereotypes: the depiction of working-class characters lacking formal education as terse, verbally retentive, close to silent.

Gevinson calls these figures, including "Catwoman type[s]" and those whose sexuality is made into their calling cards, "cardboard characters," lacking the depth and complexity of real women.

James Plath of Movie Metropolis also found the characters lacking in the first half, but noted that in the second half, the characters of Lasky and Silva "actually move beyond the clichés and pick up a personality along the way".

Bruce Westbrook of the Houston Chronicle also gave the film two and a half stars, and although he praised its "snappy dialogue and fresh characterizations", he considered the film's plot underdeveloped and characters lacking in motivation.

It's almost as if Bay is so embarrassed by the characters on the masthead that he feels the need to overcompensate by populating the films with coteries of uninteresting human characters lacking all spark (not to be confused with AllSpark) or personality.

And the characters lacked credibility.

It's not that the battle scenes lack plausibility or that the characters lack credibility.

The movie has been applauded as visually stunning, though some critics said the characters lacked depth.

But the characters lack the vivid particularity that comes from a clearly imagined society.

Skilful as Terrence McNally's adaptation is, the characters lack real individuality.