-
goodwill of its
people that
neither revels in
irony nor
descends into
mawkishness. A film
based on the book was
directed by Ed Bye and
starred Tony Hawks...
- were negative;
Chris Nashawaty of
Entertainment W****ly
dismissed it as "
mawkish and melodramatic" but
credited Winslet for
adding layers to her p****ive...
-
financial success, but
mixed reviews, with some
critics judging it to be a
mawkish adaptation. It was also
noted for its soundtrack, and
nominated for several...
-
sepulchral charisma" and that "the original's fine
dance on the edge of
mawkish sentimentality is
disrupted often enough by less-than-stellar acting"....
- film a
positive review and wrote, “Despite the
occasional detour into
mawkishness, A
Previous Engagement nicely balances unutterable truths about marriage...
- a pair of
scissors to cut the wick shorter. A
spell of
indescribable mawkishness ran
through me and I thought: I was just like this half-burned candle...
- all its
contrivances and
occasional lapses into On
Golden Pond-style
mawkishness, this is a
richly crafted yarn that
boasts barnstorming, if very showy...
- Such book
reviews achieved for the
novel a "certain
notoriety for
being '
mawkish and nauseous', 'unclean', 'effeminate' and 'contaminating'." Such moralistic...
- 10
August 2022. "Laal
Singh Chaddha Review:
Forrest Gump,
Minus The
Mawkishness".
Slash Film. 9
August 2022.
Archived from the
original on 10 August...
- Look up
hokey in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Hokey means corny,
mawkishly sentimental, or
obviously contrived.
Hokey can also
refer to: Hokey, the...
