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Although McKibben's earlier books (mostly on the ways he has reduced his environmental impact on the earth) were slammed as having "the homiletic tone of a Sunday school sermon" ( New York Times man Richard Bernstein on Hope, Human and Wild ), this one strikes a positive chord with most reviewers.
Critics are quick to note that despite being distributed by an arm of the Disney empire, the film is about as different from The Little Mermaid as you can get, and it "makes Hollywood's homiletic, follow-your-dream fables look even more solipsistic" (David Edelstein, Slate ). Most impressive is the "exotically beautiful" artwork (Janet Maslin, the New York Times ); the director is reported to have personally retouched some 80,000 of the film's 1.4 million cells.
It is possible that much of the supposed humor in Webster's dictionary is unintentional--a 20th century response to his earnestly homiletic approach to lexicography.
The movie has a scope that makes Hollywood's homiletic, follow-your-dream fables look even more solipsistic.
The homiletic approach, in my experience, seems to work best in connection with sports, where all the uplifting talk--"talent is what you have, effort is what you give," play by the rules, practice makes perfect, etc.--goes along with real action (and, often, very obvious consequences).