Word: guileless
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...telling as it does the simple tale of a plucky Texas widow attempting to save her farm from foreclosure and her family from being broken up should the old homestead go. Indeed, Edna Spalding, as luminously portrayed by Sally Field, is as good as she is brave: churchly, compassionate, guileless. Her sense of social responsibility is informed by unimpeachable instinct, not by suspect ideology...
THROUGHOUT the complex plot twists and painful soul-searching, Careful really belongs to PS. Gledhill appears not to have needed a word of direction Entirely guileless, he effectively underplays his bright and confused young character, whose emotions are subtle but very real...
...Helene-Patricia makes the switch from rags to riches, settling down among people and sweeping scenery of enormous charm, we find it hard to believe she will be able to pull it oft. She is, it seems, simply too vulnerable, sweet, and above all, guileless, to survive under the circumstances...
...silly and pathetic trollops. There are three exceptions: Lina (Elisabeth Trissenaar), gorgeous and sassy, whom Franz meets soon after his release from prison; Eva (Hanna Schygulla), a former mistress who is now an expensive call girl; and Mieze (Barbara Sukowa), a simple, gentle girl of small shrugs and a guileless smile. By the end, with Reinhold's malefic help, she and Franz will have become the secret agents of their own destruction...
...called 'nigger' only once in my life. There's very little anger in my humor." Pryor's movie characters show the resentment and vulnerability of the underdog; Eddie, in front of the cameras or away from them, is a hot dog, full of sass and guileless assurance. The Murphy analysis: "Richard's funny as the victim, but I'm funnier when I try to fight back. Maybe the star of the '90s will be the funny black guy who runs the show. It would be nice to see that progression...