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But once the truth of Reena’s demise is revealed, the sympathy for these put-upon characters starts to increasingly get in the way of true empathy for their experiences.
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Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Apr. 2024
In a small role, Anjan Vasan nails the put-upon female cop (the lone one in the department) seeking to unmask this cursing culprit, a task that’s hard to achieve since she through the quicksand of sexism that surrounds her.
—Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 4 Apr. 2024
Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022) The Daniels rightfully won big at last year’s Oscars for this ambitious, moving, and exceedingly exciting genre-bender, which stars Michelle Yeoh as a put-upon laundress who gets a chance to see where her life could have gone.
—EW.com, 31 Jan. 2024
The latest season opens with Lamb’s put-upon assistant, the quiet Catherine Standish (Saskia Reeves), being snatched by an armed group.
—J. Oliver Conroy, Washington Examiner, 12 Jan. 2024
Huller’s performance as the put-upon daughter of a prankster father earned rave reviews, and the actor says Hollywood took interest — but not for long.
—Jenelle Riley, Variety, 28 Dec. 2023
The novel is more interested in relationships among a constellation of women: Emma Horton, a young mother with unrealized literary ambitions; her friend Patsy; her vexing, charismatic mother, Aurora; and Aurora’s put-upon housekeeper, Rosie.
—Rachel Monroe, The New Yorker, 18 Sep. 2023
Mother, Couch begins with promise, though, and sparks of dry humor in the personality clash between McGregor’s put-upon David and his older brother, Gruffudd (Ifans), who’s as loose as David is tightly wound.
—Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Sep. 2023
The 10-episode series, developed for the streamer by Onyx Collective, is based on Zakiya Dalila Harris’s best-selling 2021 novel of the same name and follows Nella Rogers (Sinclair Daniel), a put-upon editorial assistant, as the rat race leads her down unexpected paths.
—Leigh-Ann Jackson, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2023
Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Apr. 2024
In a small role, Anjan Vasan nails the put-upon female cop (the lone one in the department) seeking to unmask this cursing culprit, a task that’s hard to achieve since she through the quicksand of sexism that surrounds her.
—Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 4 Apr. 2024
Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022) The Daniels rightfully won big at last year’s Oscars for this ambitious, moving, and exceedingly exciting genre-bender, which stars Michelle Yeoh as a put-upon laundress who gets a chance to see where her life could have gone.
—EW.com, 31 Jan. 2024
The latest season opens with Lamb’s put-upon assistant, the quiet Catherine Standish (Saskia Reeves), being snatched by an armed group.
—J. Oliver Conroy, Washington Examiner, 12 Jan. 2024
Huller’s performance as the put-upon daughter of a prankster father earned rave reviews, and the actor says Hollywood took interest — but not for long.
—Jenelle Riley, Variety, 28 Dec. 2023
The novel is more interested in relationships among a constellation of women: Emma Horton, a young mother with unrealized literary ambitions; her friend Patsy; her vexing, charismatic mother, Aurora; and Aurora’s put-upon housekeeper, Rosie.
—Rachel Monroe, The New Yorker, 18 Sep. 2023
Mother, Couch begins with promise, though, and sparks of dry humor in the personality clash between McGregor’s put-upon David and his older brother, Gruffudd (Ifans), who’s as loose as David is tightly wound.
—Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Sep. 2023
The 10-episode series, developed for the streamer by Onyx Collective, is based on Zakiya Dalila Harris’s best-selling 2021 novel of the same name and follows Nella Rogers (Sinclair Daniel), a put-upon editorial assistant, as the rat race leads her down unexpected paths.
—Leigh-Ann Jackson, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2023
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“Put-upon.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/put-upon. Accessed 27 Apr. 2024.
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