schlocky

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Even the schlocky stuff — the films we assume will float from our memories the second they’re over — can turn out to be barn-burners as unforgettable as a good PTA speech.

From Salon • Jan. 31, 2026

In a single-star review, the Guardian's Benjamin Lee called the film "as dumb and schlocky as the worst of the genre, with lousy network TV effects, uninvolving action and unfunny and inelegant dialogue".

From BBC • Feb. 14, 2024

It is lightly schlocky in the 1980s way — ultra-saccharine, hyper-melodramatic — a diminishing resource in the contemporary pop landscape.

From New York Times • May 6, 2023

Critics called his storylines ludicrous and his special effects schlocky, and highlighted the absurdity of lines like, “You can’t drop an atom bomb on Chicago!”

From Washington Post • Mar. 9, 2023

Now I was wearing a schlocky John Riggins jersey and dress slacks.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 10, 2022