climactic
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As is often the case in Disney movies, things push on to a climactic series of action scenes that are more hectic than exciting.
That aside, the film’s barrage of scenes, sketches, shout-outs and absurdist scenarios leading up to the climactic wine-making championship are largely harmless flights of farce.
From Los Angeles Times
There’s humor in Ibsen’s ironic observations but the play’s climactic moments are deadly serious.
From Los Angeles Times
The climactic scene, which involves Linda battling the ocean, had to be shot fairly early on before the water off Montauk, where the film is set and was shot, became too cold.
From Los Angeles Times
Thirty-six dancers with raised arms glide slowly forward as they encircle their prey, a lone figure on a red table in a climactic scene from Ravel's "Bolero" choreographed by Maurice Bejart.
From Barron's
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