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Produced and directed by Ernst Lubitsch and written by his frequent collaborator Samson Raphaelson, this Paramount picture, running a pert 82 minutes, positively shimmers with wit and sizzles with innuendo.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026

Boonbunchachoke’s strange and funny script is constructed of multiple nesting stories, like how my own vacuum pops out a pert little dustbuster that really digs into the cracks.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 4, 2026

Smug, as we use it as a synonym for conceited or self-righteous, emerged from its earlier sense of “neat and trim,” which is exactly the ideal of a pert bump.

From Slate • Jul. 21, 2025

Carr’s choreography is more playful, alternately reflecting the appealing and distressing sides of amateur energy, getting its punch from hard-shoe solos, like one by the pert and crisp Kendal Griffler.

From New York Times • Sep. 30, 2022

Her black hair was coiled in waves around her head, beneath a pert, proper cream-colored hat.

From "X: A Novel" by Ilyasah Shabazz