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What’s also heartening is his conviction in letting a scene play through its natural emotional arc — especially the first cautious showdown between reunited father and son — and not interfering too much with what his stellar cast can do.

“The amount of support and love and encouragement that I’ve gotten from the most unlikely places and people has been just remarkably heartening.”

Mike Warren’s advocacy for Foster is heartening.

Janet Carter, senior director of issues and appeals at the gun control group Everytown Law, said her group didn’t agree with all aspects of the decision, but still found it “heartening.”

Zoom out, and Harris’s identity-hesitancy becomes more heartening than disappointing.