contrivance

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But the contrivances that have enabled them to construct such a tight nuts-and-bolts thriller also allow them to dodge grappling with the characters’ ideology as ideology.

From New York Times

This movie’s George Jones is a labored contrivance.

From New York Times

No matter how she continues to rise to the challenge, the film’s cascading of contrivances drown her out.

From Seattle Times

But if so, it’s hardly the only contrivance in a story that teems with hidden identities, secret allegiances, incriminating documents, unexpected weapons and innumerable sly reversals.

From Los Angeles Times

It isn’t much, and it’s hardly enough to keep this contrivance, whatever you want to call it, alive for an hour and half.

From Washington Post