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Hiccup, played this time with game and gawky charm by Mason Thames, has been raised to think the only solution to violence is more violence.

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Moreover, the script transitions him, through Finan’s effective performance, from a gawky, bespectacled nerd putting on airs, into an unctuous political predator.

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It’s hard to marry the brutal nature of the weapons and the shocking injuries they can inflict with the gawky young men shifting nervously on the pavement.

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‘THE OUTLAWS’ Prime Video Gangly, gawky Stephen Merchant puts his physicality and hangdog persona to fine use in this British crime comedy.

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When he arrived on the scene with the Mariners as a rookie three years later, it was his teammates who were curious — curious about what the heck this gawky 6-foot-6 rookie was doing.

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