cheeriness

Juxtaposing the cheeriness of Beach Boys and Beatles anthems along with upbeat pop tunes with sightings that blur the light between imagination and true vision only adds to the slightly off-balance nature of the story.

Like Ted, she masked her grief at his father’s death beneath a facade of perpetual cheeriness; like him, she “pretended I was OK.”

And Adams is still an absolute dynamo as Giselle, fluctuating between preternatural cheeriness and storybook meanness.

But back home, everything feels off: such as Celia’s persistent cheeriness, and the odd behavior of the neighbors who seemingly haven’t aged in decades, and the black goop that spontaneously oozes from various objects and orifices.

But for as long as he was on the job, he approached it with a certain cheeriness — “a happy warrior,” as Tom came to think of his father.