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The movie, heavy on mood, style, costumes and mannered dialogue, opened Christmas Day and sunk its teeth into a bloody good $40 million five-day opening, double industry expectations.
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Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Jan. 2025
There’s a fabulously mannered shot of Carol and Susan wearing sunglasses and walking down a hallway and, yes, there’s also a shot of their bare feet.
—Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 9 Jan. 2025
Unfortunately, the movie is more mannered than moving, suggesting an ambitious director who hadn’t quite yet landed on a compelling style.
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—Will Leitch, Vulture, 25 Dec. 2024
Eat the sandwich open-faced, by hand, or submit to the mannered indignities of a fork and knife.
—Helen Rosner, The New Yorker, 28 Nov. 2024
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Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Jan. 2025
There’s a fabulously mannered shot of Carol and Susan wearing sunglasses and walking down a hallway and, yes, there’s also a shot of their bare feet.
—Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 9 Jan. 2025
Unfortunately, the movie is more mannered than moving, suggesting an ambitious director who hadn’t quite yet landed on a compelling style.
10.
—Will Leitch, Vulture, 25 Dec. 2024
Eat the sandwich open-faced, by hand, or submit to the mannered indignities of a fork and knife.
—Helen Rosner, The New Yorker, 28 Nov. 2024
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“Mannered.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mannered. Accessed 2 Feb. 2025.
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mannered
adjective
man·nered
ˈman-ərd 
: having manners of a specified kind
well-mannered
mild-mannered
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