"Here's a film which is nothing but delightful, feel-good and reminds them of old Hollywood.
Such characteristics may strike some as faults - and indeed many critics have taken that view - but they give to Narayan's stories a delightful, organic feel.
But I, as a lover of names, find his name delightful and feel happy to have a dog with that name as I speak to dozens of audiences in the coming year, many of whom will include children who appreciate "cute".
The game is delightful and feels very much like a continuation of what came before it with a touch more Animal Crossing injected into it now.
Some, at least, are delightful: "When you feel homesick eat at McDonald's or Burger King or Kentucky Fried Chicken, just like at home".
I found Shoshanna delightful; I just felt her to be less vividly true than the others.
The result looks and feels delightful, from the aplomb with which each drawing is positioned on its respective page, to the sequencing of the images and the silky texture of the paper.
This was so delightful that it felt as if it might not last, and I raised the possibility that participating companies like Hertz and Dollar Thrifty would bail out, as Enterprise and the company that owns Avis and Budget already had.
Instead, we hear about too many drunken parties and slog through far too many cutesy-pie mash notes: "While we have no disposition to interfere in what must be a truly delightful companionship, we nevertheless feel that you should know that Mr. Thurber's heart is already strained to the utmost at the mere prospect of seeing you at dinner".
I can feel the delightful surprise when a network television commercial describes the environmental benefits of organic methods.
So obsessed, in fact that when his mother (Vivian Pickles) buys him a stylish Jaguar E-Type coupe, hoping he'll use it to impress the girls, Harold fashions it into a one-of-a-kind hearse, quickly using its sleek charms to court 80-year-old Maude (Ruth Gordon) in the screen's most unlikely, and many feel most delightful, romance.
