overlong
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Aside from being terribly boring and overlong, “Cars” represents Pixar’s first blatant step toward becoming a capitalist behemoth, an animation studio that would continue to prioritize money over media to this day.
From Salon ● Jun. 6, 2026
Now Lerone Martin, a Stanford professor and senior editor of the Martin Luther King Jr. Papers Project, offers a rich if overlong retelling of King’s life prior to Montgomery.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 3, 2026
I wish the same could be said about his overlong dream-logic interludes, which tantalize as peeks into Frankie’s psyche but eventually feel like style filler.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 11, 2025
The Hindustan Times newspaper called it a film grappling with "an identity crisis, an overlong run time and a confused mess of a script".
From BBC ● Mar. 31, 2025
She’d always hated the thing, considered it gaudy and ridiculous with its overlong neck and extravagant tail feathers.
From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray
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