Ms. Neuwirth, whose leggy, smirking bravado recalls the younger Anjelica Huston at full gallop, more or less steals the movie.
(Petrusich) TOBY KEITH (Friday) A multimillion-selling country star whose ever-present smirk is framed by a manicured stubble, Mr. Keith excels equally in salt-of-the-earth patriotic proclamations ("American Soldier") and salt-of-the-earth Saturday night proclamations ("Get Drunk and Be Somebody").
In Smith's photograph, the jaunty tramp is replaced by a tragic clown, whose mouth manages to smirk while turning down at the corners.
What a pity it wasn't around two years ago when some bearded, smirking buffoon whose name now escapes me not only repeatedly forecast that George Bush would win the US elections by a landslide, but even gave what purported to be precise outcomes for various states.
I recall possibly one or two noble attempts by MSNBC's David Gregory to doggedly get some truth out of Bush during a couple of White House press conferences, but his efforts were summarily dismissed by a smirking Bush, whose smug, arrogant, defiant reply of "I told you, we're not gonna go there, David" was beyond infuriating.
Yet we demand more from this 62-year-old actor, on whose rugged face a playful smirk and a contemplative gaze look equally at home, and he appears happy to give it to us in his life beyond the screen.
Does it not warrant a little more discussion than a shrug and a smirk at people whose bigotry many of us take for granted?
But in his absence she meets Rowley Flint, an American adventurer played by Mr. Penn, whose lower lip, with its twitches, pouts and smirks, is a most impressive instrument.
No, I'm not pregnant, I find myself telling nosy parkers whose concerned expression will inevitably turn into a knowing smirk.
And though you'll never know exactly whose blood was boiled by your luck, a smug smirk will consume the corner of your mouth because you showed them, finally.
