Word: overlong
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...story to the screen with an almost cinéma-vérité ambivalence that allows the audience to draw its own conclusion, with a few major exceptions. While informative and revealing, the portions of the film devoted to his former girlfriend and his third wife are overlong and exhausting, betraying the continuity of the documentary as an objective analysis, and digressing into spiteful allegations directed in each other’s direction.Weber makes amends, however, with a moving conclusion devoted to one of Baker’s final performances, an ominous shadow of the man?...
This year’s “Mr Beast” shows Mogwai at the strongest they have ever been. The band has distanced itself from old, self-indulgent habits—no more overlong tracks or repetitive, angular guitar riffs. Instead, they’ve focused on production: on distilling the feel of their earlier albums into something intense and compact...
...recent years, the Academy Awards broadcast has come under fire for being overlong and dull. Last year, the show’s producers trimmed its runtime by a half hour and tapped outspoken comedian Chris Rock to give the program some much needed “edge.” To the delight of viewers—and the horror of many stars—Rock used the hosting gig to skewer Hollywood egos and lampoon the self-importance of the entertainment industry. But his barbs may have been a little too incisive—he was not invited back...
...first 100 pages into a thrilling 20 minutes." But without the detail of those 100 pages, the beginning of the movie is disjointed, sketchy and no doubt confusing to those who haven't read the book. The film falls flat. As for the idea that the book is perhaps overlong, if a book is an excellent read, it can never be too long. Jenny Turco Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin...
...first 100 pages into a thrilling 20 minutes." But without the detail of those 100 pages, the start of the movie is disjointed and no doubt confusing to those who haven't read the book. The film falls flat. As for the idea that the book is perhaps overlong, if a book is good, it can never be too long. JENNY TURCO Pleasant Prairie...