Sentence examples similar to contrived inability from inspiring English sources

A more negative review of the film came from Manohla Dargis of The New York Times, who found it "a conventional, wan affair, despite its art-cinema flourishes" and thought that Anna's inability to obtain a visa was a contrived plot point that conflicted with Doremus's attempt at creating realism.

Her inability to navigate the needs of family, faith, and self is rather tentatively portrayed, and the narrative structure, a series of diary entries, feels contrived.

"And contrived.

Contrived much?

It's contrived.

Seems totally contrived".

This was not contrived.

It seemed contrived.

And it feels contrived.

"It felt contrived".

It's not contrived.