- adds a
solidly traditional and
surprisingly fun –
albeit occasionally treacly –
entry to the
lengthy list of
Nativity films."
Audiences polled by CinemaScore...
-
elements have
become grubbier and more materialistic, the
sentimentality more
treacly and aggressive, and the
slapstick violence—already
astonishingly intense...
-
consensus reads: "Not
necessarily mangy but far from fetching, Dog Gone is a
treacly melodrama that aims for Very Good Boy only to
settle for
simply tolerable...
-
despite the
involvement of an
outstanding ensemble cast --
settles for
treacly sentiment instead." Many critics'
reviews criticized the film's elements...
-
Among its detractors, John
Maynard of The
Washington Post stated, "It is a
treacly,
plodding affair stunted by
awkward transitions and a
syrupy soundtrack"...
- 2/10. The website's
consensus reads: "Love Again?
After watching this
treacly romance, you're
likely to come away
thinking once was more than enough...
- "Review: Jon Hamm,
Catherine Keener and
others can't move past 'Nostalgia's'
treacly musings". Los
Angeles Times.
Retrieved October 9, 2024. Sneider, Jeff (November...
- 17, 2018. Bradshaw,
Peter (October 6, 2017). "The Gl****
Castle review –
treacly,
tiresome family-in-peril drama". The Guardian.
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- the film,
writing that its "dubious
scenario is made even more so by the
treacly approach of
director Howard Zieff and
screenwriter Janet Kovalcik. Everything...
- all
remember good-but-overpraised
songs like "If I Had a Hammer" and the
treacly classic "Where Have All the
Flowers Gone?" But as the
encomiums threaten...
