Charming, charming, charming" by NPR.
By contrast, in James Ponsoldt's Smashed, another fine movie featuring spectacular alcohol induced bad behavior, a charming young teacher has a secret that leads her to lie to her grade-schoolers, feign morning sickness, and pee in public, her eyes going glassy every time she takes a drink.
(http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2008/11/10/081110fa_fact_seabrook currentPage=all) "Psychopathy consists of a specific set of personality traits and behaviors: Superficially charming, psychopaths tend to make a good first impression on others and often strike observers as remarkably normal.
Animated by stop-motion photography, a primitive technique Djurberg taught herself at Sweden's Malmo Art Academy, the films exude a childlike innocence that can make the most debased human behavior seem almost charming.
The glee for destructive behavior is less charming in Horsley's subsequent misadventures with drugs and sex, which, he claims, include sleeping with "more than 1,000 prostitutes, at a cost of £100,000," and later turning tricks himself.
Highly Illogical Behavior is a charming, heartwarming, and profound affirmation of the importance of connection.
In that study, they found that those scoring high in narcissism tended to display the four main components of the "charismatic air": attractiveness (flashy and neat attire), competence (self-assured behavior), interpersonal warmth (charming glances) and humor (witty verbal expressions).
Ms. Berger at times exhibits bizarre and irascible behavior, but can also be charming and lucid enough to recall how she was once a promising singer (and belt out a few Broadway tunes to prove it).
"The idea that she's kind of flat would dictate certain behavior and movement that would be charming and funny," Mr. Pauley said.
