melodrama

Writing in The Guardian, Peter Bradshaw called it a "thoroughly engaging, rousing and spectacular Indian epic melodrama".

From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2026

But many of Bollywood's core ingredients -- melodrama, romance and action alongside awe-inspiring landscapes and a long running time of nearly three hours for the English version -- are present.

From Barron's ● Nov. 5, 2026

Much of what happens in the basement tends toward melodrama and feels especially far-fetched — it’s the horror movie component.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026

When the song outgrows the blue-ribbon crowd, they’re flown to Los Angeles for one nationally televised performance before falling out in a bit of dressing room melodrama.

From Salon ● Oct. 4, 2026

And my dad would sometimes shake his head at her melodrama and other times would just stay quiet, like he’d fallen into the haze of a particular memory himself.

From "The Book of Unknown Americans" by Cristina Henríquez

Like the Sirkian melodramas of yesteryear, we go see movies like “Reminders of Him” because they’re highly entertaining — and, more often than not, decently made.

From Salon ● Mar. 19, 2026

Market participants have come to assume they will come out of these recurring melodramas intact.

From Barron's ● Jan. 24, 2026

Many things happen, never for too long; all kinds of maladies, medications and melodramas are involved.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 6, 2026

In fact, you may be old enough to remember when there’d be dozens of these sleek melodramas geared toward grown-ups.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 27, 2024

From the look of it, one of her favorite Israeli melodramas.

From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny