contrivances

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The film can’t afford to be shy about contrivances, but it’s only willing to cheat on facts, not feelings.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 27, 2025

“We Live in Time” is also chock-full of contrivances.

From Salon • Oct. 11, 2024

The contrivances of the situation are inescapable, despite the scrupulous honesty of the performers in director Michael Herwitz’s charged production.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 10, 2024

“Drive” already has to contend with the fact that, like all sports shows, it is straightforwardly spoilable, so additional contrivances just add more drag.

From New York Times • Feb. 29, 2024

Adams had spent most of his retirement years denouncing such contrivances as gross distortions of history.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis