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You may find this a bit overwrought (I do), you may question the facts or take a more worldly view of what should be done about them.
Wilde's combination of stylishness and tragedy lends itself perfectly to overcostumed, overwrought Merchant-Ivory-style drama.
Others call the film's moralizing overwrought, its plot absurd, and Reeves' performance typically bad.
But neither of these overwrought images of fierce division captures today's more complex reality.
push your parents into the gas ovens of managed health care," warned one especially overwrought Democratic challenger in the fall elections.