Example sentences for: lukewarm

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  • Halle Berry's pet biopic (she stars and executive produces) of Dandridge, the first African-American to earn an Oscar nomination for Best Actress, gets a lukewarm reception: "a devoted but ultimately dull hagiopic" marred by "a flat script and uninteresting narrative" (James Poniewozik, Time ). Some of the more sordid parts of Dandridge's life have been left out, and several critics say that while Berry captures Dandridge's beauty and glamour, she lacks her heat and sensuality.

  • If he seems even a tad lukewarm to the idea, run for the hills.

  • Lukewarm reviews for Milos Forman's biopic about offbeat 1970s comedian Andy Kaufman; tremendous reviews for Jim Carrey in the lead role.

  • Lukewarm reviews for director Miguel Arteta's debut film, about a teen-age Latino prostitute who aspires to make it in Hollywood, and his father, who pimps for him.

  • Her unalloyed contempt for the Clintons managed to infuriate even as lukewarm a Clintonite as Garry Wills, who wrote, more than a year before the Pulitzer, that "any journalist must be super strenuous to take the vileness award from Maureen Dowd."


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