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The director, Tom Kingsley, is known for the droll British television comedy Stath Lets Flats, but the tone of Deep Cover is more reminiscent of Simon Pegg and Nick Frost comedies like Hot Fuzz, with ridiculous plots and characters and consistently sharp but loose-limbed performances.
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Caryn James, HollywoodReporter, 11 June 2025
As the deliberately elusive focal point of a deliberately loose-limbed starting XI, the super-fit Dembele also plays a pivotal role in PSG’s build-up play and their formidable pressing game.
—Tom Williams, New York Times, 30 May 2025
Last seen on Broadway in the excellent 2019 solo one-acts Sea Wall/A Life, Gyllenhaal bounds, loose-limbed and bursting with malevolent energy, onto the Barrymore stage and barely takes a breath for the next nearly three hours.
—Greg Evans, Deadline, 23 Mar. 2025
Playing Toru, her romantic interest, is the affable Major Curda, who is everything Kisa is not — loose-limbed, playful and joyous.
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Feb. 2025
Still, with Stiller and De Niro both in fine frenzied form and game appearances from Streisand and Dustin Hoffman as Greg’s loose-limbed parents, Meet the Fockers really should have kicked this blockbuster franchise up a notch.
—Sean Malin, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2024
But without Best, the character’s loose-limbed, goof-typhoon persona would likely never have translated to screen.
—Brian Raftery, WIRED, 15 July 2017
But the two films share a proudly scrappy and loose-limbed spirit in their soulful, tranquil pace.
—Tomris Laffly, Variety, 13 June 2024
The young Irish actress Weir (who made such an impression in the recent Matilda remake) strikes a convincingly helpless pose up until that point, and once Abigail lets go, her loose-limbed, surreally pirouetting savagery sends the picture spinning in a bloody new direction.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 19 Apr. 2024
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Caryn James, HollywoodReporter, 11 June 2025
As the deliberately elusive focal point of a deliberately loose-limbed starting XI, the super-fit Dembele also plays a pivotal role in PSG’s build-up play and their formidable pressing game.
—Tom Williams, New York Times, 30 May 2025
Last seen on Broadway in the excellent 2019 solo one-acts Sea Wall/A Life, Gyllenhaal bounds, loose-limbed and bursting with malevolent energy, onto the Barrymore stage and barely takes a breath for the next nearly three hours.
—Greg Evans, Deadline, 23 Mar. 2025
Playing Toru, her romantic interest, is the affable Major Curda, who is everything Kisa is not — loose-limbed, playful and joyous.
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Feb. 2025
Still, with Stiller and De Niro both in fine frenzied form and game appearances from Streisand and Dustin Hoffman as Greg’s loose-limbed parents, Meet the Fockers really should have kicked this blockbuster franchise up a notch.
—Sean Malin, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2024
But without Best, the character’s loose-limbed, goof-typhoon persona would likely never have translated to screen.
—Brian Raftery, WIRED, 15 July 2017
But the two films share a proudly scrappy and loose-limbed spirit in their soulful, tranquil pace.
—Tomris Laffly, Variety, 13 June 2024
The young Irish actress Weir (who made such an impression in the recent Matilda remake) strikes a convincingly helpless pose up until that point, and once Abigail lets go, her loose-limbed, surreally pirouetting savagery sends the picture spinning in a bloody new direction.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 19 Apr. 2024
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“Loose-limbed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/loose-limbed. Accessed 17 Jul. 2025.
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