talky
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Much of the solo vocal writing is stentorian and talky, moving the story along.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 19, 2025
The sheer, spectacular accomplishment of “Oppenheimer” — a talky three-hour drama that outperformed “Ant-Man” and “Aquaman,” combined — is a bright, shining exception.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 7, 2024
What can you say about how you filmed the courtroom scenes and kept this long, talky film, nimble?
From Salon ● Oct. 27, 2023
Sue Kroll, the studio’s new head of marketing, argues that despite the setting and the talky nature of the film, “Air” has the makings of a crowd pleaser.
From New York Times ● Apr. 7, 2023
“I just couldn’t get away from my last clients. That was one talky woman! I bet I can tell you about every moment of the last ten years of her life!”
From "Blended" by Sharon M. Draper
Taub and Woolery’s adaptation retains the outline of the original, while shortening and tightening the talkier bits, making space for songs.
From New York Times ● Aug. 30, 2022
Their musical point of view—belligerent but wounded—felt a little like outlaw country, a genre that had recently formed in opposition to the slick Nashville scene, but their songs were talkier, more cerebral.
From The New Yorker ● Mar. 25, 2019
Long, talky stakeouts and even longer, talkier car rides ensue, during which the actors easily hold your interest, charging even the slower cadences of their stylized dialogue with rhythmic unease.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 20, 2019
It’s agreeably silly, and sometimes appealingly slapsticky, compared to the talkier likes of Blockers or Game Night.
From The Verge ● Dec. 28, 2018
This book feels longer and talkier than the first two, and the plot is more convoluted, bouncing from Moscow and Washington to Greece, New York, Khartoum, Macao and Hong Kong.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 11, 2018
The opener, with Charlotte Flair winning the title NXT Championship from Rhea Ripley, was another very physical match, albeit the talkiest to that point.
From Slate ● Apr. 7, 2020
The Stephen Sondheim number Ms. McDonald chose, the Baker’s Wife song “Moments in the Woods,” from “Into the Woods,” was one of his talkiest.
From New York Times ● May 10, 2013
Less a civil war Saving Private Ryan than a 19th-century prequel to The West Wing, Spielberg's wide-angle account of the abolition of slavery is his talkiest film, but all the better for it.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 26, 2013
Even at its talkiest, the U.N. does serve a useful purpose.
From Time Magazine Archive
Among her handicaps: a somewhat watered-down characterization, and most of the movie's talkiest passages.
From Time Magazine Archive
