| Frequently theatrical and melodramatic, it captured the tensions of wartime Britain, thriving in enforced isolation. |
| Eastwood is going to shift gears for the final third and turn it into a melodramatic weepy of the worst kind. |
| But however melodramatic or cartoonish Palmer's characters seem to be, their sentiments are real enough. |
| The calm humility present here allows us to be moved by the melodramatic aspects of the work more than they might usually. |
| The narrative material is obviously shaped in order to wring the audience's melodramatic heart. |
| What follows is a melodramatic romance doubling as a shallow history lesson, and that's just the first half of the picture. |
