lovable
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When presented without theatrical aspect but as a private process of the imagination, it becomes a lavishly lovable antidote to our too often accepting the world’s absurdity only as dooms-scrollable tragedy.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 27, 2026
He could be described as a lovable loser, but he’s so much more than that.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 10, 2026
Steve Carell’s character in the likable, watchable and even lovable “Rooster” is classic Steve Carell: Self-aware, charming, boyish, incapable of reading a room, sidestepping a faux pas or calculating nuance.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 5, 2026
For all of the film’s expository merit, for all of the care and efficiency Hughes exhibited in creating such wonderful and instantly lovable women, “Pretty in Pink” flubs the landing.
From Salon • Feb. 28, 2026
She didn’t care to be a queen of society now half so much as she did to be a lovable woman.
From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott
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