sappy

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He suggested the central pair's friendship "rings false", adding: "What should be piercing, impassioned moments are by turns frivolous and sappy."

From BBC • Nov. 19, 2025

Just like in documentary short, history has proven the animated short award to favor crowd-pleasing films, and this delightfully immature French film about kissing is sappy enough to score the votes.

From Salon • Feb. 28, 2025

It’s only when Clement brings his flair that this film has anything worth paying attention to, because he’s the dash of acid that offsets this otherwise totally saccharine and sappy story about embracing imagination.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 2, 2024

“I am a very sappy romantic at heart and so I got to find my secret spot for a sweet love story,” Fishko says.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 20, 2024

It was interesting, not stupid or silly or sappy or overly intellectual—not any of those things that I thought poetry was.

From "Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe" by Benjamin Alire Saenz