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The story is a hectic combination of silly imagery and corny dialogue that, despite being written and directed by two men, Joel Crawford and Januel P. Mercado, loudly insists on its own girl power.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026

Panettiere’s grounded presence helps untether the film from its somewhat corny conceit, giving it authentic complexity.

From Salon ● Aug. 18, 2026

“Maybe that’s corny or something, but I really want, like, friends to watch it,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026

"I'm a physics teacher and I've got a terrible sense of humour," he confesses, so he particularly likes it if the students pick up on his fondness for corny puns.

From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026

Felt like I woke up one day and it was just corny to do.

From "Harbor Me" by Jacqueline Woodson

The soup tasted cornier than what you gnaw off the cob, because they roast the cobs to make the stock.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 14, 2017

Yet most of the album’s songs have not aged well, especially the ersatz psychedelia of “Tuesday Afternoon,” which felt far cornier than other willfully trippy visions from its era.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 18, 2017

In fact, the cornier the quips, the more they seemed to like it.

From Washington Times ● Oct. 6, 2015

An Interview With Janusz Kaminski The story, in its early chapters, also takes you back to an older — you may well say cornier — style of entertainment.

From New York Times ● Dec. 22, 2011

Her mom and dad, together and apart, weirdly hovering over her hospital bed like aliens from movies even cornier than teenage family dramas.

From "Look Both Ways" by Jason Reynolds

Convery has nicely feathered hair and a character burdened by the plot’s corniest contrivances: a bully stubbornly pursuing him to the literal end of civilization, a lost pet dog that he’s determined to rescue.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026

Now the promised ruin of the Statue of Liberty didn't signal a dystopian future; it grounded even the corniest disaster movies in something resembling reality.

From Salon ● Apr. 26, 2024

Even the corniest summer blockbusters now regularly clock in at two-and-a-half hours.

From The Guardian ● Aug. 9, 2017

It was served over the corniest, creamiest polenta ever, made with fresh kernels, rather than cornmeal.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 29, 2016

My mom and dad lived the corniest of love stories, and as 1 got older, it embarrassed me to no end.

From "Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel" by Harlan Coben