Sentence examples for simplistic sentimental from inspiring English sources

In part because of its simplistic, sentimental depiction of favela life, "Black Orpheus" was a simpler, more coherent film than this one, which struggles to balance disparate styles and clashing emotional registers.

Christian discussion of the war seemed to her, in too many cases, simplistic, sentimental, utopian and unrealistic -- a discussion based on "easy criticism, if not condemnation, of America and her leaders".

If you've seen a handful of Steven Spielberg films, and you think they're all simplistic sentimental bilge, you will probably avoid the latest Steven Spielberg feature at the cinema.

As for Tracey's parenting, the resolution is too simplistic and sentimental, but the movie's heart is in the right place.

And ultimately the lesson Theophilus learns — that it is better to have your own life than to dabble in other people's — feels simplistic and sentimental.

"Proof" gets a bit simplistic and sentimental only when Ms. Moorhouse attempts to explain Martin's devotion to his photographic craft.

He has the insight and the audacity to display the environmental and emotional damage that the creation of such beauty entails, but he repudiates simplistic and sentimental responses to the challenge that it poses: In this film, machines, with their intrigue of power, beauty, and squalor, have an enormous effect and they have taken the place of the natural landscape.

It is widely thought to represent "all that is tacky, tasteless, earnest, sentimental, worthless, simplistic, poorly crafted, unoriginal, frivolous, redundant and common," Mr. Eliason writes.

It is neither sentimental nor simplistic to say that Churchill's ascension and refusal to surrender as he awaited America's entry into the war (which came 19 months later) is one of the great achievements of this or any age.

But some critics believe his lyrics were too sentimental, even simplistic.

I thought then, and I think now, that this theory was sentimental, self-serving, simplistic and basically right.