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Or to literalize the notion that, duh, relationships can be scary?
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Justin Changfilm Critic, Los Angeles Times, 22 Jan. 2023
But even here — under a tangle of rope and lace, designed by Rajha Shakiry, that seems to literalize the World Wide Web — the argot of social media invades.
—Alexis Soloski, New York Times, 13 Jan. 2023
Men is the kind of movie to literalize those demons, mostly in the form of a man, performed by surprisingly malleable Rory Kinnear, who plays a cruel, spooky trick on her.
—K. Austin Collins, Rolling Stone, 20 May 2022
Director Zambello doesn’t literalize the wondrous transformation at hand (wondrous or corny, depending on your tastes).
—Michael Phillips, chicagotribune.com, 14 Nov. 2021
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Justin Changfilm Critic, Los Angeles Times, 22 Jan. 2023
But even here — under a tangle of rope and lace, designed by Rajha Shakiry, that seems to literalize the World Wide Web — the argot of social media invades.
—Alexis Soloski, New York Times, 13 Jan. 2023
Men is the kind of movie to literalize those demons, mostly in the form of a man, performed by surprisingly malleable Rory Kinnear, who plays a cruel, spooky trick on her.
—K. Austin Collins, Rolling Stone, 20 May 2022
Director Zambello doesn’t literalize the wondrous transformation at hand (wondrous or corny, depending on your tastes).
—Michael Phillips, chicagotribune.com, 14 Nov. 2021
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“Literalize.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/literalize. Accessed 5 Sep. 2025.
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