| The Anzac soldier is cast as martyr, but at no point does the commentary become maudlin. |
| Instead of tidy, maudlin conclusions, the film is handed an ambiguous closure. |
| Common Maudlin have somewhat long and narrow leaves, snipped about the edges. |
| What starts out as a formulaic high school love story of opposites attracting abruptly changes into a maudlin tear-jerker. |
| He stopped embracing jealousy not wanting to hear a maudlin confessional in the hallway outside the lavatories. |
| The film is directed and photographed deftly, particularly insofar as it touches the sentimental without clutching the maudlin. |
