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Goodbye June review Kate Winslet's Christmas heartwarmer is like a two-hour John Lewis ad

Kate Winslet’s directing debut is a starry, sentimental Christmas family drama whose strong performances are undermined by treacly sentimentality and cartoonish characterisation.

Film

fromwww.theguardian.com

3 months ago

Daruma review disabled veteran is landed with a four-year-old in soft-hearted indie road movie

Low-budget US comedy-drama with sincere performances, marred by excessive sentimentality and clichés, offers poignant portrayals of disability and an indie road-movie arc.

fromIndependent

3 months ago

Neil Hannon of the Divine Comedy: 'I'm not fond of spilling my guts out emotionally... I'm middle class and Northern Irish'

"Telling a musician with many decades of experience that one of the songs from their latest album is reminiscent of the Cheers theme tune can lead the interview in one of two ways."

Television

fromwww.mercurynews.com

5 months ago

Asking Eric: My daughter says she's a minimalist and won't take my heirlooms

Navigating the distribution of heirlooms requires sensitivity to each recipient's desires. It's important to acknowledge a family member's perspective while also respecting one’s own attachment to those items.

Relationships

Paris food

fromwww.theguardian.com

6 months ago

Partir Un Jour (Leave One Day) review foodie musical is an undercooked turkey

The film struggles with sentimentality and fails to engage audiences meaningfully.

Relationships

fromBusiness Insider

7 months ago

I've kept these dead, dusty flowers from my grandmother for nearly a decade. I should have thrown them out years ago, but can't.

Sentimental attachments can persist despite logical reasoning.

Love often manifests in tangible memories, even if they are faded and broken.

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