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The screenplay, too, "succeeds in preserving the mandarin lyricism of Woolf's language without slipping into the 'poetic' " (Daphne Merkin, The New Yorker ). Critics also applaud Vanessa Redgrave's turn as the wistful middle-age English socialite--the only actress, says New York 's David Denby, "large enough to hold together this plotless story."
Neither does he provide any answers to the problem, merely a wistful remembrance of how "good" it was.
Jesus is wistful, more than angry, at the continued success of the devil, but he modestly hopes that he is himself still of some use to the poor old human race.
She's Presidentialy [ sic ] Plump"--and her wistful expression as he moves off through the crowd: "The girl is obviously out of her mind with lust."
I have to say the Peanuts thing is making me wistful, too.