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Noun
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The sentiment is notably devoid of any sense of boredom or burnout from the 22-year-old who signed his first recording contract at 15.—
Larisha Paul,
Rolling Stone,
2 Oct. 2025 -
Hegel even worried that the world would reach a state of global boredom.—
Richard Stengel,
Time,
1 Oct. 2025
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This is a show heavily interested in the way paranoia turns us all into weapons of mass destruction in our communities, especially when everyone’s looking to escape the ennui of their small-town blues.—
Grace Byron,
Vulture,
29 Sep. 2025
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December ennui is a universal experience, and this film makes no effort to hide the fact that we’re all destined to suffer from the Holiday Blues at one point or another.—
Christian Zilko,
IndieWire,
4 Sep. 2025
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Call them novels of masculine tedium.—
Robert Rubsam,
Vulture,
18 Sep. 2025
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What rescues the film from tedium are the characterizations, which are well-drawn even under the briefest circumstances.—
Frank Scheck,
HollywoodReporter,
5 Sep. 2025
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Across his many years in the entertainment industry, Glen Powell doesn't have many regrets — save for one decades-old reality TV appearance.—
Charlotte Phillipp,
PEOPLE,
27 Sep. 2025
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In between clips of the film subject’s standup sets, Dustin, who’s rarely seen without a drink or a cigarette, talks about his and his father’s bipolar depression, his struggle with alcohol and regrets he’s harbored throughout his life.—
Frank DiGiacomo,
Billboard,
26 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Next level desperation Something’s got to give.—
Mike Jones,
New York Times,
28 Sep. 2025
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Usagi is swept away in it and Ryuji follows, as the others hold onto a ledge in desperation.—
Kayti Burt,
Time,
26 Sep. 2025
Noun
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At New York Fashion Week, beauty acted as a moment of reprise from the hopelessness many are feeling in the current state of the world.—
Essence,
Essence,
19 Sep. 2025
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The film certainly steers clear of Emmerichian overdrive, but it is suffused with hopelessness — on both an intimate and an epic scale.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
19 Sep. 2025
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Maybe there will come a time when Reid is comfortable publicly sharing stories about his sister and the despair the family has endured with her loss.—
Jon Krawczynski,
New York Times,
30 Sep. 2025
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But the show's greatest asset is its stars, whose endearing real-life friendship pierces through the play’s inherent despair.—
Patrick Ryan,
USA Today,
29 Sep. 2025
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