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or straightlaced
as in puritanical
given to or marked by very conservative standards regarding personal behavior or morals
a very straitlaced old lady who believed that cleavage was something that should be shown by rock crystals, not respectable women
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Compton plays Raina, a young American woman who travels through Greece and aboard a barge with her straitlaced American boyfriend (Gary Collins) and a gay French artist (Gian Pietro Calasso).
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The New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2023
Based on the book by Mary Rogers, and a remake of the 1976 film, Disney’s version directed by Mark Waters follows a straitlaced psychologist, Tess (Jamie Lee Curtis), and her punk teenage daughter Anna (Lohan), who switch bodies under an accidental spell.
—Erica Gonzales, ELLE, 5 Aug. 2023
The beloved cast included two Alabama natives, Jim Nabors and George Lindsey (as naive cousins Gomer and Goober Pyle), Ron Howard (as Andy’s son Opie), Don Knotts (as jittery Deputy Barney Fife) and Frances Bavier (as straitlaced and loving Aunt Bee).
—Mary Colurso | McOlurso@al.com, al, 18 Aug. 2021
His grandfather Aaron Rabinowitz (Anthony Hopkins) is fully behind him, while his straitlaced parents, Irving (Jeremy Strong) and Esther (Anne Hathaway), want their son to choose a financially solvent career.
—Simi Horwitz, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Dec. 2022
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The New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2023
Based on the book by Mary Rogers, and a remake of the 1976 film, Disney’s version directed by Mark Waters follows a straitlaced psychologist, Tess (Jamie Lee Curtis), and her punk teenage daughter Anna (Lohan), who switch bodies under an accidental spell.
—Erica Gonzales, ELLE, 5 Aug. 2023
The beloved cast included two Alabama natives, Jim Nabors and George Lindsey (as naive cousins Gomer and Goober Pyle), Ron Howard (as Andy’s son Opie), Don Knotts (as jittery Deputy Barney Fife) and Frances Bavier (as straitlaced and loving Aunt Bee).
—Mary Colurso | McOlurso@al.com, al, 18 Aug. 2021
His grandfather Aaron Rabinowitz (Anthony Hopkins) is fully behind him, while his straitlaced parents, Irving (Jeremy Strong) and Esther (Anne Hathaway), want their son to choose a financially solvent career.
—Simi Horwitz, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Dec. 2022
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