thorniness

It refuses to reduce Godard’s output to the relatively accessible French New Wave period and tries to deal with him in all his thorniness.

Each choice comes with its own shade of political thorniness, and potentially means trading the prime minister's priorities off against each other.

There’s a jet-black comedy of grief fidgeting in the wings, but the movie has neither the thorniness nor the emotional restlessness to access it.

As Paper Boi becomes more famous, Alfred is forced to navigate the thorniness of newfound celebrity.

García's film is about fathers and sons, and it certainly tackles the thorniness that can estrange children and their parents.