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Ultimately the vibe of “The Outrun” is closer to meandering travelogue than the knottier healing drama we were hoping for.

And the cast of characters, each with a knotty backstory, creates a tapestry of narratives that can only be glimpsed in passing.

Perhaps the starkest, knottiest contemporary depiction of nuns is the playwright John Patrick Shanley’s “Doubt: A Parable.”

IN THE NEWS: President Joe Biden faces a knotty task in trying to reach a cease-fire agreement between Hamas and Israel – two antagonists who each would like to obliterate the other.

“Some parts of the tree appear to be knotty places, which may never be resolved,” Baker says.