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

There’s a slightness to the plot — “Flight” occasionally feels padded out, with gratuitous, tacked-on scenes — but Strong milks the high moments, such as a quarrel that erupts during a game of cards.

From Washington Post • Nov. 7, 2022

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

Towering figures these are not – in fact, their slightness is truly remarkable.

From The Guardian • May 17, 2019

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