schmaltzy

schmaltzy

Having or characterized by excessive or exaggerated sentimentalism, especially in art, music, or writing. Originally from Yiddish. The film is pretty schmaltzy, to be sure, but it would take a heart of stone not to be moved by it all the same. I'm working on a more literary novel in my spare time, but I pay my bills by writing schmaltzy romance novels.
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

schmaltzy

and shmaltzy (ˈʃmɑltsi)
mod. overly sweet and sentimental. (see also schmaltz.) This movie is too schmaltzy for me.
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • shmaltzy
  • shmaltz
  • schmaltz
  • schmoose
  • schmooze
  • shmooze
  • chotchke
  • schmuck
  • shmuck
  • shlep
References in periodicals archive
Aside from these simple, schmaltzy sentiments, the world of seeds is a complicated, multifaceted place these days.
But in true Hollywood fashion, it's bookended by a schmaltzy love story.
Although a few of the billion or so moviegoers who saw "The Sound of Music" consider it too "schmaltzy" nice, or sweet, a vast number of viewers consider it to be their favorite film.
For example, NBC seemed to have in mind that American distance swimmer Janet Evans would win medals so it could air a schmaltzy retrospective of her career and talk about its high note ending.
Okay, so it's schmaltzy. But we're talking Dirty Harry here, the guy who used to get off on threatening dark-skinned punks to "make my day" by giving him reason to shoot them.
Wills is working here in themanner of a jazz musician who can improve brilliantly for hours on a simple, schmaltzy show tune; this book is really a series of riffs on various aspects of Ronald Reagan's life.
FORGET the schmaltzy movie, this Titanic is far closer to the truth of what happened on that fatal maiden voyage.
The film's tone veers between high comedy and schmaltzy melodrama, but The Intern's heart is in the right place and Hathaway and De Niro make a great screen team.
Eisler experiments with the full palette of orchestral instruments to emphasize storylines and provide emotional cues without becoming heavy-handed or, as he says, "schmaltzy."
It is all familiar territory as the movie - directed by Rob Cohen -shifts from THE BOY NEXT DOOR 15 91mins schmaltzy melodrama into tough psychological thriller.
The Face of Love was made in 2013 and shows us the caring side of an actor who could be warm-hearted and sincere when he wasn't being incredibly funny or disappointingly schmaltzy.
The Brodsky's performance has weight, passion and dignity - much better than the schmaltzy dirge we too often hear.
Gribenes are chicken skins and onions crisped in chicken fat–alternately classified as the kosher equivalent to pork rinds or bacon–which you might recognize as a staple of the Sammy's Roumanian dinner experience, usually swirled with chopped liver or alone as a schmaltzy side dish.
Overall, theirs was a joyful view of the work with no schmaltzy rhythm-bending and their matching song-like tonal beauty faithfully revealing Brahms' genius.
BAD POINTS: The female roles are awful, the script is unfunny and then too schmaltzy and the dialogue dire.