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cornball

[kawrn-bawl] / ˈkɔrnˌbɔl /












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It would never work, Finley warns us, and it seems she might as well be talking about this cornball movie.

From Washington Post

Count Justin Chang among the fans of sincere cheese: "Director Patty Jenkins and her star, Gal Gadot, have mastered the art of cornball conviction. If what you wish for this season is high spirits, earnest emotions and the unironically delightful sight of Chris Pine in a fanny pack, well, consider it granted."

From Salon

Real-world Russell partner Goldie Hawn gets more than a cameo this time as Mrs. C. There’s some nice practical and digital world-building and a cornball musical number midway through, with Russell and Darlene Love, that beat down my resistance.

From Los Angeles Times

Creators and performers Geoff Sobelle, Steve Cuiffo and Trey Lyford play the unapologetically cornball magicians Dennis Diamond, Louie Magic and Daryl Hannah, who resemble a trio of Doug Henning wannabes from the 1970s — Diamond rocks the mustache, Magic the shoulder-length perm and Hannah the friendly overbite — but are clearly light years ahead of the rest of us in their mastery of the maddening, glitchy, cumbersome digital world to which human interaction has lately been banished.

From Los Angeles Times

With a zest for showmanship, Mr. Trump had always seemed in his element on these cornball occasions, no matter what other turmoil happened to be upending his presidency at the moment.

From New York Times