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Charlie Hustle & the Matter of Pete Rose is still overlong and repetitive at four hours.
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Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 July 2024
The film, which feels overlong at 145 minutes, suffers both from repetition and an over-reliance on melodramatic plot devices.
—Frank Scheck, The Hollywood Reporter, 29 Feb. 2024
The tutorials are overlong, and the first zone is claustrophobic.
—Sam MacHkovech, Ars Technica, 2 Feb. 2022
What follows is an overlong concatenation of OK set pieces featuring oodles of predictable globe-hopping derring-do.
—Peter Rainer, The Christian Science Monitor, 29 June 2023
So many series on TV right now are overlong, overserious, overcomplicated and overly dull.
—Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 28 June 2023
Unfortunately, the script — co-written by Lee and Christopher Chen — leaves a lot to be desired, squandering the old-school appeal of the true-crime drama for a dull and overlong mood piece in which nothing much happens and no real sense of danger ever registers.
—Tomris Laffly, Variety, 26 Jan. 2023
Maybe this back-the-the-basics, almost comedically overlong ceremony can.
—Travis M. Andrews, Washington Post, 13 Mar. 2023
That’s not to say this slightly overlong film is without its bits of tension, narrative twists and deft reveals, not to mention injections of social commentary and moral ambiguity.
—Gary Goldstein, Los Angeles Times, 27 Dec. 2022
Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 July 2024
The film, which feels overlong at 145 minutes, suffers both from repetition and an over-reliance on melodramatic plot devices.
—Frank Scheck, The Hollywood Reporter, 29 Feb. 2024
The tutorials are overlong, and the first zone is claustrophobic.
—Sam MacHkovech, Ars Technica, 2 Feb. 2022
What follows is an overlong concatenation of OK set pieces featuring oodles of predictable globe-hopping derring-do.
—Peter Rainer, The Christian Science Monitor, 29 June 2023
So many series on TV right now are overlong, overserious, overcomplicated and overly dull.
—Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 28 June 2023
Unfortunately, the script — co-written by Lee and Christopher Chen — leaves a lot to be desired, squandering the old-school appeal of the true-crime drama for a dull and overlong mood piece in which nothing much happens and no real sense of danger ever registers.
—Tomris Laffly, Variety, 26 Jan. 2023
Maybe this back-the-the-basics, almost comedically overlong ceremony can.
—Travis M. Andrews, Washington Post, 13 Mar. 2023
That’s not to say this slightly overlong film is without its bits of tension, narrative twists and deft reveals, not to mention injections of social commentary and moral ambiguity.
—Gary Goldstein, Los Angeles Times, 27 Dec. 2022
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“Overlong.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overlong. Accessed 11 Sep. 2024.
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