Sentence examples for sentimental plot from inspiring English sources

Hummable songs may trump a simple sentimental plot like that of "Edward Scissorhands".

Yet there's exploitation here too, in the form of catfights and shoot-outs, and melodrama in the sentimental plot.

But Jerry Zaks's production often gives the impression of merely going through the motions of its gag-laden, sentimental plot.

But these can feel like an act of ventriloquism, less the frantic searching of a godmother than the efforts of a writer underlining sentimental plot points.

But Jerry Zaks's production often gives the impression of merely going through the motions, amiably but robotically, of its gag-laden, sentimental plot.

Operetta, musical-dramatic production similar in structure to a light opera but characteristically having a romantically sentimental plot interspersed with songs, orchestral music, and rather elaborate dancing scenes, along with spoken dialogue.

At first glance, it appears to be a sardonic attack on the Victorian equivalent of chick lit — the throwing of shade at popular works that Eliot excoriates for having sentimental plots, one-dimensional characters, and impoverished language.

"Tokyo Godfathers" is set in present-day Tokyo and at first seems strikingly traditional with its more sentimental plotting and more affectionately drawn characters, almost as if Mr. Kon were treading on Mr. Miyazaki's more emotional territory.

At first glance, it appears to be a sardonic attack on the Victorian equivalent of chick lit the throwing of shade at popular works that Eliot excoriates for having sentimental plots, one-dimensional characters, and impoverished language.

"Aloha," the film about a navel-gazing manchild who goes to Hawaii and finds himself, got mostly bad reviews when it debuted in May for its meandering and over-sentimental plot.

In Murphy's case, I'm no fan of some of the more sentimental disability plots on "Glee," or of the dirty jokes given to Becky, a cheerleader with Down — gags that felt both queasy and hackish, although no more so than other aspects of the show, in later seasons.