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honest 50 elegiac tone 50 bitingly funny 50 reverent 50 touchingly 50 elegaic 50 dryly funny 50 rueful 50 richly nuanced 50 compellingly 49 sentimental 49 insightful 49 winningly 49 Disarmingly 49 ruminative 49 pathos 49 uncompromisingly 49 witty urbane 49 self effacing 49 guileless 49 thoughtful 49 melancholy 49 refreshingly straightforward 49 nuanced portrait 49 disarmingly honest 49 darkly comic 49 nuanced portrayal 49 wholly believable 49 visually ravishing 49 broodingly 49 appealingly 49 kitchen sink realism 49 unmannered 49 descriptive prose 49 unflashy 49 Darkly funny 49 sardonic humor 49 Achingly 49 stolid 49 witty 49 warm hearted 49 directness 49 undemonstrative 49 exhaustively researched 49 iconoclastic 49 aestheticized 48 achingly 48 revelatory 48 empathetic 48 melancholic 48 steely 48 beautifully wrought 48 penetratingly 48 pragmatic 48 lyricism 48 self pitying 48 acerbic 48 mordant humor 48 antiheroic 48 maudlin 48 forthright 48 idiosyncratic 48 impressionistic 48 self lacerating 48 impeccably researched 48 Unsentimental 48 musicianly 48 overdetermined 48 novelistic 48 soaringly 48 intricately plotted 48 warmhearted 48 unapologetically 48 winsomeness 48 lyrical sensibility 48 heartfelt 48 sardonically funny 48 Beckettian 48 mawkish 48 laceratingly 48 Ma Joad 48 unflinching portrait 48 stoical 48 uninflected 47 riveting 47 Chekhovian 47 absorbingly 47 blackly humorous 47 wistful 47 avoids sentimentality 47 unerring ear 47 unaffecting 47 unadorned 47 mordant wit 47 thoroughly engrossing 47 unbearably sad 47 mawkish sentimentality 47 rivetingly 47 scrupulous 47 meticulous 47 bighearted 47 blackly comic 47 wry wit 47 beguiling 47 refreshingly candid 47 unpretentious 47 verbally dexterous 47 tuneful 47 unapologetic 47 leavens 47 earthily 47 taciturn 47 utterly charming 47 Kubrickian 47 thrillingly 47 unstarry 47 finely wrought 47 blackly funny 47 immensely readable 47 tautly constructed 47 concision 47 overly sentimental 47 unashamedly sentimental 47 darkly humorous 47 richly atmospheric 46 amoral 46 lugubrious 46 dry wit 46 charming witty 46 morality tale 46 unengaging 46 rhapsodic 46 unfussy 46 insouciant 46 uncinematic 46 cold hearted 46 keenly observant 46 disarmingly candid 46 stoic 46 unheroic 46 realist 46 flinty 46 compulsively readable 46 self dramatizing 46 wickedly funny 46 bleakly humorous 46 unforgettably 46 evocative prose 46 eminently readable 46 scathingly funny 46 moralistic 46 subtly nuanced 46 incisive 46 curiously detached 46 evocative 46 melodramatic 46 spellbindingly 46 masterly 46 wickedly witty 46 heartbreakingly sad 46 unsensational 46 limning 46 Shavian 46 Brutally honest 46 laconic 46 nihilistic 46 wincingly 46 unflinching honesty 46 disarmingly funny 46 temperamentally inclined 46 poetic sensibility 46 autobiographically 46 contemplative 45 wry humor 45 subtly shaded 45 salutary tale 45 proto feminist 45 aphoristic 45 suspenseful thriller 45 characteristically 45 gruff 45 Hemingway esque 45 autobiographical 45 glib 45 humanistic 45 unlikable 45 tenderhearted 45 openhearted 45 Wickedly funny 45 disarmingly charming 45 self effacing modesty 45 harrowingly 45 finely etched 45 sentimentalist 45 Resolutely 45 movingly 45 Plainspoken 45 readable biography 45 self deprecatory 45 refreshingly 45 cloyingly sentimental 45 ingenuousness 45 unflinching candor 45 lyrical prose 45 austere 45 instantly likeable 45 hagiographical 45 morose 45 fearless 45 eminently likable 45 intellectually nimble 45 dryly witty 45 lyrical 45 utterly unsentimental 45 abidingly 45 picaresque 45 humorless 45 unaffectedly 45 darkly poetic 45 undramatic 45 soulful 45 idealist 45 bleakly funny 45 sly humor 45 reverential 45 unrelievedly 45 acutely observant 45 elegy 45 sweet natured 45 polemical 45 philosophical musings 45 lucid prose 45 coldhearted 45 finely shaded 45 saturnine 45 quasi autobiographical 45 hardheaded 45 delicately nuanced 44 erudite 44 idealistic 44 formidable intellect 44 vivid portrait 44 impressionistic portrait 44 ruefulness 44 Madame Armfeldt 44 Herzogian 44 subversively funny 44 sentimentalized 44 evocation 44 resonant 44 isolated unsocial 44 uninvolving 44 heartbreakingly 44 drollness 44 introspective lyrics 44 unflaggingly 44 satiric 44 heart rending 44 unostentatious 44 richly detailed 44 naturalistic 44 naturalism 44 brusque 44 esthete 44 poeticism 44 omniscient narrator 44 achingly funny 44 unrelentingly bleak 44 bravura 44 minutely observed 44 Lucian Msamati 44 gimlet eyed 44 unblinkered 44 blisteringly funny 44 spikiness 44 wonderfully droll 44 dutiful 44 courtliness 44 waspish 44 impassioned 44 candid 44 impeccably crafted 44 utterly beguiling 44 psychological acuity 44 unsparingly 44 mercurial moods 44 prose 44 incisive wit 44 wryness 44 Astrov 44 deadpan 44 semi autobiographical tale 44 richly layered 44 seriocomic 44 self mythologising 44 darkly hilarious 44 trenchant observations 44 verité style 44 easeful 44 heart wrenchingly 44 heartrending 44 sentimentalize 44 mawkishly 44 consummately 44 poignantly 44 succinct 44 bitingly satirical 44 romantic fable 44 affectless 44 grittily 44 scrupulously honest 44 readable prose 44 visually sumptuous 44 Dostoyevskian 44 luminously 44 worldly wise 44 plainspokenness 44 unflinching depiction 44 droll deadpan 43 vivid 43 sentimentalizing 43 devilish wit 43 bleakly 43 unironic 43 sublimely 43 acutely perceptive 43 unhesitant 43 boiled boilerplate 43 meticulously researched 43 evocative cinematography 43 didactic 43 unself conscious 43 stingingly 43 radiantly beautiful 43 larky 43 unexcitable 43 conversational prose 43 darkly comedic 43 beautifully modulated 43 witty acerbic 43 Unflinching 43 emotional heft 43 sly 43 Roslyn Ruff 43 piercingly 43 Engrossing 43 plangent 43 authorial voice 43 unfailingly 43 emotionally detached 43 unfeeling 43 twentysomething angst 43 didacticism 43 suffuses 43 unabashedly romantic 43 Ulrich Mühe 43 tear jerker 43 mannered 43 curmudgeonly 43 poetic lyrics 43 sensualist 43 straightforward 43 understated 43 strong willed 43 acerbity 43 achingly beautiful 43 beguiling charm 43 Irascible 43 unclouded 43 lushly romantic 43 spellbinder 43 richly textured 43 sphinxlike 43 pensiveness 43 romanticizes 43 Meticulously researched 43 eccentric 43 plainspoken 43 moody 43 affectionate 43 entertainingly 43 threnody 43 melodrama 43 fatalistic 43 innate decency 43 compassionate 43 blithe 43 subtextual 43 willfully obtuse 43 wrenchingly 43 cartoonishness 43 endearing 43 disarmingly frank 43 gorgeously filmed 43 ungifted 43 unromantic 43 anally retentive 43 darkly shaded 43 genial 43 Mahlerian 43 barbed wit 43 visceral 43 guilelessly 43 rebarbative 43 droll wit 43 irreverent wit 43 hagiographic 43 sunniness 43 dour 43 heart breakingly 43 witty wordplay 43 seriocomedy 43 compendious 43 orotund 43 balladic 43 narrative coherence 43 good humored 43 Wordsworthian 43 squirmingly 43 Lasdun 43 tragicomic 43 austerely 43 ruthless 43 diaristic 43 Dostoevskian 43 staginess 43 rumbustious 43 likably 43 wistful melancholy 43 fastidiousness 43 self deprecating 43 irrepressibly 43 sweetly sentimental 43 wonderfully readable 43 elegantly phrased 43 visaged 43 formalist 43 bracingly honest 43 humor pathos 43 intellectually rigorous 43 incisive critique 43 coldly calculating 43 confessional songwriting 43 urbane 43 bitingly 43 amiable 43 inspiringly 43 unerring 43 witty erudite 43 witty prose 42 suspenseful tale 42 gorgeous cinematography 42 nameless narrator 42 Loncraine 42 terrifically funny 42 jokiness 42 mordantly witty 42 tremulous 42 wonderfully expressive 42 paints portrait 42 nononsense 42 solipsist 42 canny 42 unspontaneous 42 enthrallingly 42 incisively 42 redemptively 42 whimsicality 42 unbending 42 deliriously funny 42 crystalline clarity 42 chillingly 42 expressionistic 42 hardboiled 42 unembellished 42 hysterically funny 42 dignified 42 wry asides 42 richly melodic 42 uncomplaining 42 achingly sad 42 clearheaded 42 coldly 42 flint hearted 42 overly preachy 42 unjustly neglected 42 bleakly comic 42 gorgeously sung 42 imagistic 42 stark realism 42 heart rendingly 42 invigoratingly 42 fascinatingly 42 roguishness 42 irascibility 42 terrifically entertaining 42 impetuous 42 phlegmatic 42 Blanche du Bois 42 AE Houseman 42 passionless 42 valorizes 42 zestful 42 miserabilism 42 tapes Knocke 42 comedic undertones 42 deadpan wit 42 headstrong 42 martinet 42 donnish 42 mawkishness 42 showily 42 epigrammatic 42 allegorical 42 astringent 42 Jane Darwell 42 brutal honesty 42 Amenábar 42 bitingly sarcastic 42 tear jerking 42 utterly believable 42 earthy 42 emotionally stunted 42 Louvish 42 cynical 42 charming 42 limned 42 exhilaratingly 42 likeable 42 lucid 42 neo Romantic 42 astute 42 implacable 42 unhurried 42 Eda Holmes 42 Schubertian 42 bare boned 42 characteristically understated 42 dry witted 42 ruminations 42 acidly funny 42 agonizing coda 42 jeu d' esprit 42 bruisingly 42 beguilingly 42 earnestness 42 unconventionality 42 sharp tongued 42 condescends 42 compulsively watchable 42 Beautifully crafted 42 stirringly 42 pithy 42 unflinching portrayal 42 thoughful 42 Michael Cristofer 42 convulsively funny 42 believably 42 sententious 42 artful 42 moral ambiguity 42 likable 42 wry understated 42 folkiness 42 indomitable 42 uncontrived 42 Kore eda 42 solipsistic 42 immensely likable 42 suspenseful 42 dialogue crackles 42 obtuse 42 emotionally constipated 42 Lopakhin 42 likeably 42 actressy 42 slyly witty 42 puckish humor 42 crashingly 42 unpretty 42 unflinching realism 42 diffident 42 picaresque tale 42 Theodore Dreiser 42 inexpressive 42 winsome 42 unexpressive 42 archness 42 unbearably tense 42 polemic 41 Piano Variations 41 humorous 41 unpretentiously 41 ripping yarn 41 blokeish 41 undogmatic 41 overfamiliar 41 unflinching gaze 41 acerbically funny 41 unworldliness 41 instantly likable 41 Nicholas Woodeson 41 Mrs. Givings 41 rapier sharp 41 wittedness 41 cheery disposition 41 opinionated 41 unbeautiful 41 rough hewn 41 essayistic 41 uncomplicated 41 slyly funny 41 terminally dull 41 Trigorin 41 mournful 41 Altmanesque 41 heartbreakingly poignant 41 stolidity 41 engrossingly 41 labyrinthine plot 41 absurdist 41 declamatory 41 Sy Ableman 41 gorgeously wrought 41 pensive 41 human frailty 41 caustically funny 41 cantankerous 41 floridly 41 uplifting 41 Daniel MacIvor 41 dithery 41 introspections 41 Håfström 41 coruscating 41 autodidactic 41 richly imagined 41 equanimous 41 uncommonly 41 Wartime Prayers 41 unblinkingly 41 razor tongued 41 ironist 41 moony 41 Lord Marchmain 41 quasi operatic 41 romanticism 41 poignantly captures 41 biodrama 41 Lady Marchmain 41 Benoît Poelvoorde 41 Mueller Stahl 41 Jim Mezon 41 utterly captivating 41 unforgivingly 41 lyrical passages 41 prissiness 41 Unfailingly polite 41 incantatory 41 confoundingly 41 surpassingly 41 urbane wit 41 writerly 41 unbearably poignant 41 coolly detached 41 avuncular 41 streetwise 41 overemphatic 41 fastidious 41 wry observational 41 literal mindedness 41 unmodern 41 sorrowful 41 youthful ardor 41 LeCarre 41 paean 41 Red Barked Tree 41 offbeat 41 Polanski Oliver Twist 41 endlessly watchable 41 shatteringly 41 gothic melodrama 41 cavalier 41 puckishness 41 soul baring 41 utterly humorless 41 Sounes 41 savagely satirical 41 unpoetic 41 Signor Naccarelli 41 comically absurd 41 howlingly funny 41 exhortatory 41 emotionally resonant 41 unselfconscious 41 Jon Marans 41 faux naif 41 sentimentalised 41 incorrigibly 41 brooding 41 refreshingly frank 41 courtly manners 41 elicits laughs 41 serio comic 41 overly romanticized 41 impeccable phrasing 41 touchingly vulnerable 41 minutely detailed 41 decidedly unsentimental 41 gentle 41 Aaronow 41 lyrical wordplay 41 Self deprecating 41 canniness 41 loosely autobiographical 41 literal minded 41 mordantly 41 ogre ish 41 unearthly beauty 41 lighthearted 41 heart wrenching 41 Donald Margulies 41 unfailingly courteous 41 Austen heroine 41 viscerally thrilling 41 Hagar Shipley 41 lacerating 41 shlubby 41 captivating 41 darkly atmospheric 41 flattering portrait 41 Capra esque 41 hardnosed 41 unrelentingly grim 41 morbidly funny 41 sharp witted 41 fey 41 unrevealing 41 sarcastic wit 41 fearsomely 41 demandingly 41 blackly 41 scabrous 41 sweetly melancholic 41 autobiographical monologue 41 daffiness 41 implacably 40 Introspective 40 unembarrassed 40 deliciously witty 40 morally conflicted 40 Chaplinesque 40 heartrendingly 40 unimprovable 40 brisk tempos 40 dutifulness 40 fading Southern belle 40 really hateful lemmings 40 cliche ridden 40 florid prose 40 Hattie Morahan 40 mesmerizingly 40 unregenerate 40 virtuosic 40 Brangäne 40 Chandleresque 40 ascerbic 40 frank 40 florid 40 overwrought prose 40 portrayal 40 slyer 40 songful 40 stagebound 40 dazzlingly 40 companionable 40 erotically charged 40 Shock Corridor 40 Le Carré 40 Vincent Canby 40 shrewd 40 jauntiness 40 hardbitten 40 screwball romance 40 heartbreakingly beautiful 40 absurdist comedy 40 studiedly 40 emotional wallop 40 coheres 40 indomitability 40 Justin Zackham 40 amour fou 40 Brechtian 40 tactful 40 cogent 40 Faulknerian 40 offhandedness 40 reminiscence 40 self mythologizing 40 gritty 40 soberingly 40 Widow Story 40 wildly imaginative 40 Somerset Maugham novel 40 wonderfully understated 40 overbearingly 40 believable 40 trenchantly 40 gut wrenchingly 40 absurdist humor 40 Hans von Bülow 40 witty lyrics 40 off puttingly 40 witty asides 40 teacherly 40 Unrequited love 40 poetic eloquence 40 doom laden 40 Twilight Zone ish 40 unremittingly bleak 40 comeuppances 40 philosophic 40 crisply edited 40 vibrantly alive 40 allusive 40 neo romanticism 40 unglamorous 40 haunting 40 goatish 40 unabashed patriotism 40 unsettlingly 40 wry self deprecating 40 Bergmanesque 40 dislikeable 40 superbly crafted 40 roundelay 40 David Straithairn 40 emotionless 40 challengingly 40 self reflexive 40 brusk 40 unassertive 40 inventively staged 40 overwrought melodrama 40 erudite playful 40 craftsmanlike 40 shticky 40 scintillatingly 40 pointillistic 40 expertly captures 40 Chrysanthemum Palace 40 splenetic 40 Douglas Sirk melodrama 40 Godardian 40 Hollywoodish 40 maudlin melodrama 40 egoless 40 graceful 40 noir ish 40 caddish 40 Kepesh 40 Goldengrove 40 Acerbic 40 astonishingly 40 directorial flourishes 40 chromatic harmonies 40 pedantic 40 richly satisfying 40 unbearable poignancy 40 loopily 40 maudlin sentimentality 40 lingeringly 40 coolheaded 40 honesty 40 writes movingly 40 boyish exuberance 40 Mr. Cellophane 40 mournfulness 40 forceful 40 unlikable character 40 Have witticism 40 hagiography 40 spellbinding 40 refreshingly blunt 40 Pulitzer Prizewinning 40 literalized 40 gut busting laughs 40 Bostridge 40 beautifully photographed 40 impassivity 40 overly melodramatic 40 Holmesian 40 exquisitely calibrated 40 inscrutable 40 poignancy 40 convincingly conveys 40 timelessly 40 formidably intelligent 40 unforgiving 40 exquisitely 40 inexhaustibly 40 heart tugger 40 deftly captures 40 veers dangerously close 40 paints vivid 40 callow 40 exasperatingly 40 theatricality 40 dispassion 40 actorly 40 hearteningly 40 awe inspiringly 40 overwrought 40 lush romanticism 40 astute observations 40 ineloquent 40 self absorbed 40 hard nosed 40 persuasive 40 gifted storyteller 40 neo classicism 40 Wildean 40 Bryggman 40 effaces 40 everyguy 40 nonideological 40 Ebon Moss Bachrach 40 omniscient narration 40 widescreen cinematography 40 irenic 40 le Carré 40 deftly blends 40 unrelentingly 40 bombastic 40 absurdist satire 40 contemporary resonances 40 Zinnemann 40 protofeminist 40 Andrew Billen 40 jangly guitar pop