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Recent Examples of melodrama
Handling such weighty concepts, a less deft hand might have lapsed into melodrama.
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Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 6 Apr. 2026
In this Best Picture-winning adaptation of Daphne du Maurier's novel, Hitchcock fuses melodrama and mystery to craft an elegant gothic romance with fascinating gender dynamics and a fixation on obsession.
—Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 4 Apr. 2026
In the interim, entire scenes have absorbed her lessons about emotional directness without melodrama and club music that simultaneously thinks and feels, but often without matching her clarity or nerve.
—Jonathan Cohen, SPIN, 24 Mar. 2026
This narratively thin work almost feels like a Malick caricature, what with all the endless voice-over, shots of men kneeling apologetically before women, and romantic melodrama between characters played by Rooney Mara, Michael Fassbender, Natalie Portman, and Gosling.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 20 Mar. 2026
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Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 6 Apr. 2026
In this Best Picture-winning adaptation of Daphne du Maurier's novel, Hitchcock fuses melodrama and mystery to craft an elegant gothic romance with fascinating gender dynamics and a fixation on obsession.
—Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 4 Apr. 2026
In the interim, entire scenes have absorbed her lessons about emotional directness without melodrama and club music that simultaneously thinks and feels, but often without matching her clarity or nerve.
—Jonathan Cohen, SPIN, 24 Mar. 2026
This narratively thin work almost feels like a Malick caricature, what with all the endless voice-over, shots of men kneeling apologetically before women, and romantic melodrama between characters played by Rooney Mara, Michael Fassbender, Natalie Portman, and Gosling.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 20 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for melodrama
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Poorna Jagannathan, whose turn as the formidable crime-boss auntie Lucky has been a fan favorite, will be the lone supporting comedy actress submission.—
Clayton Davis,
Variety,
27 Apr. 2026
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Hulu has set June 8 for the premiere of Alice and Steve, its upcoming comedy series starring Jemaine Clement and Nicola Walker, from Baby Reindeer producer Clerkenwell Films.—
Denise Petski,
Deadline,
27 Apr. 2026
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There's an inherent sentimentality in rescuing someone’s treasures and incorporating them into your style.—
Nicole Letts,
Southern Living,
28 Apr. 2026
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Maybe her most important one is the raw sentimentality that pervades even seemingly vapid moments.—
E.R. Pulgar,
Pitchfork,
16 Apr. 2026
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It’s presented as dramatic dialogue, or maybe as absurdist tragicomedy.—
Hua Hsu,
New Yorker,
20 Apr. 2026
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That’s a strong hook, but Thai filmmaker Ratchapoom Boonbunchachoke is just getting started with an erotic political tragicomedy that, like a Roomba, is forever veering off in unexpected directions.—
Amy Nicholson,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Mar. 2026
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While this gentler effort is unlikely to be similarly impactful, its witty humor and genuine emotionalism recall the best of Pixar, where its director worked as a story artist on such films as Wall-E and Incredibles 2.—
Frank Scheck,
HollywoodReporter,
7 Nov. 2025
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Arpino’s interest in popular culture, athletic technique, and unapologetic emotionalism has found a new audience in the post-Balanchine world.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
26 Sep. 2025
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But on a night on which psychodrama only ever felt one mistake away, the mood just about held throughout.—
Jack Lang,
New York Times,
15 Apr. 2026
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The other is a patchy, unpersuasive psychodrama about the underlying motivations and years-later ramifications of an unspeakable act—or, in this case, an unrealized plan to commit an unspeakable act.—
Hannah Jocelyn,
New Yorker,
3 Apr. 2026
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Are those the exact services a family needs and can rely on to avoid tragedy?—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
29 Apr. 2026
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The investigation falls amid a variety of other probes into the tragedy at Camp Mystic, including as part of lawsuits filed by families against the camp’s leaders.—
Ashley Killough,
CNN Money,
29 Apr. 2026
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When that happens, its responses in content, tone, and emotionality will become virtually, if not totally, indistinguishable from those of another human being.—
Letters to the Editor,
Hartford Courant,
27 Apr. 2026
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So Mark initially came to me reporting symptoms of headache, memory loss, sleep difficulties, emotionality, and irritability.—
Scott Pelley,
CBS News,
14 Jan. 2026
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Whether this is a new opera or a new musical is open to debate.—
Chris Jones,
Chicago Tribune,
19 Apr. 2026
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From there, the parody musical went viral.—
Sara Belcher,
PEOPLE,
16 Apr. 2026
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“Melodrama.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/melodrama. Accessed 3 May. 2026.
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