leaden

An infant in an unbearably hot tent struggling to move leaden limbs.

They’ve accomplished it, but at the expense of engagement, resulting in a collection of leaden scenes that might make the audience want to claw out of its own skin.

Loaded with makeup and prosthetics, including false teeth and a feathery wig, Sewell felt leaden and self-conscious, he said, fearful that his impersonation would slip into parody.

Still, the set’s creakiness is no match for the musical itself, a leaden spoof of detective story tropes, bereft of any drama, wit or a single worthwhile song.

But the beauty of this movie isn’t in its sometimes leaden speechifying, and it certainly isn’t in that dreadful Will Ferrell subplot.