slightness

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The docu-dramedy “Pinball: The Man Who Saved the Game” tells a low-stakes story with an accomplished cast, an appropriately light tone and enough energy to compensate for its slightness.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 20, 2023

Baby Yoda floats back for a second season in this surprise best-drama Emmy nominee, whose Saturday-matinee charm is matched, so far, by the slightness of its story.

From New York Times • Sep. 4, 2020

Suljic’s slightness and shortness of stature, even on wheels, maximizes the spectacle of such physical peril.

From Salon • Nov. 4, 2018

The slightness of those movies doesn’t detract from their charm, and, watching them now, it seems to me that they are probably harder to pull off for an actor than heavier material.

From The Guardian • Jan. 28, 2017

For all his slightness of body, he looked at that moment ready and able to push the washbowl straight through the floor.

From "Franny and Zooey" by J. D. Salinger