The story could easily have run adrift in formulaic silliness. From Wordnik.com. [Mistaken identity turns this 'Date Night' into madcap romp] Reference
Probably all this angst about formula and being formulaic is merely shorthand for what J.T. said above. From Wordnik.com. [Formula for Disaster] Reference
Given the theme of Yotsuba, “Enjoy Everything”, I think it being a little formulaic is be expected. From Wordnik.com. [*Yotsuba&! Book 8 — Recommended » Manga Worth Reading] Reference
The opportunity to be long-winded yet perfunctory, paradoxically daring yet formulaic, is available to only proven hit makers at the top of the heap. From Wordnik.com. [An Amazon.com Books Blog featuring news, reviews, interviews and guest author blogs.] Reference
The surfeit of what became known as the formulaic Full Monty effect eventually inured audiences to the charms of hard knocks/happy future comedies, but. From Wordnik.com. [Thestar.com - Home Page] Reference
None of it makes any sense, but people go away from this kind of formulaic gumbo smiling. From Wordnik.com. [Is That Mickey Rourke or Russell Crowe? Are Newspapers Still Sexy? Who Cares!] Reference
This kind of formulaic thinking presupposes a narcissism that, ironically, agendas like these seem to create. From Wordnik.com. [STRAWBERRY SHORTCAKE: EXTREME MAKEOVER EDITION » Sociological Images] Reference
Over on Alis Hawkins' blog the question cropped up, almost as an aside, about the validity of criticising novels as "formulaic". From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-10-01] Reference
The problem may be that we have used "formulaic" when what you're really describing above is more about "conventions" or "expectations" of good story-telling. From Wordnik.com. [Formula for Disaster] Reference
Shriver's review reeks of the kind of rationalization book reviewers constantly offer when recommending "formulaic" fiction written "comfortably within a conventional form.". From Wordnik.com. [Book Reviewing] Reference
"Jeffrey Archer, Matt Lynn, Martin Baker and Alan Clements launch bid to woo writers away from 'formulaic' American writing" is the headline of this ludicrous Guardian piece. From Wordnik.com. [April 2009] Reference
Grasping for the Wind loks at Speculative Fiction and the Value of the Formula: Readers of speculative fiction should not listen to the pejorative use of the word 'formulaic'. From Wordnik.com. [SF Tidbits for 1/16/08] Reference
BBC given year to improve "formulaic" programming. From Wordnik.com. [The Guardian World News] Reference
If you have, you probably won't be impressed - "formulaic" doesn't begin to cover it. From Wordnik.com. [Boston Phoenix - thePhoenix.com] Reference
Shadid hoped to avoid the "formulaic" conventions often used to discuss the Middle East in his talk, he said. From Wordnik.com. [The Brown Daily Herald RSS] Reference
"And I was like, I'm going to write a one-location, two-character play that's kind of formulaic so it can get produced.". From Wordnik.com. [chicagotribune.com - News] Reference
So what if some of the tunes are a little formulaic?. From Wordnik.com. [Periscope] Reference
But they always tend to have a formulaic aspect to them. From Wordnik.com. [An American In Paris (Film)] Reference
Otherwise, you're going to end up with real formulaic films. From Wordnik.com. [Talking Shop At Oscar Time] Reference
But Chow was fed up playing formulaic toughs in his hometown movie industry. From Wordnik.com. [No More Mr. Tough Guy] Reference
This was the premise of one of 2006's most mirthless comedies, the formulaic "RV.". From Wordnik.com. [A Busload Of Losers] Reference
It's as formulaic as "The Sum of All Fears," but it feels fresher, hipper, less inflated. From Wordnik.com. [Movies: Spy Vs. Spy] Reference
Success "isn't formulaic," says Andrew Zimbalist, an economics professor at Smith College. From Wordnik.com. [BIG BASEBALL, INC.] Reference
"Densha Otoko" isn't any different from the most formulaic boy-meets-girl stories, said one. From Wordnik.com. [CAN A NERD GET THE GIRL?] Reference
The drug-czar/junkie-daughter skein is powerfully drawn, but it's the most formulaic and predictable. From Wordnik.com. [Soderbergh Keeps His Streak Alive] Reference
In the scoring we saw, students who wrote formulaic five-paragraph essays didn't get the highest scores. From Wordnik.com. [SAT: WHAT'S YOUR SCORE?] Reference
Like a formulaic, paint-by-the-numbers Hollywood drama, this morning's Oscar nominations held no major surprises. From Wordnik.com. ['Lord' Reigns] Reference
Suddenly the studios are sending him scripts again; so far, Altman's rejected them all as depressingly formulaic. From Wordnik.com. [Hollywood Is Talking] Reference
This is far from formulaic - praying for the year ahead, many tears are shed by the exhausted but pious devotee dancers. From Wordnik.com. [Nathaniel Loewentheil: Deviled Dancers, Drunken Pilgrimages and the Magic of Bolivia's Carnaval] Reference
Gore, ever the environmentalist, recycles formulaic rhetoric against business (oil, insurance and pharmaceutical companies). From Wordnik.com. [Politics In A Macaroni Era] Reference
"Earl" is that rare network show that embraces contradiction: it's formulaic and quirky, scruffy and smart, crass and sentimental. From Wordnik.com. [Laugh Riot] Reference
U.S. networks stuck to their own formulaic sitcoms and dramas, until adventurous new cable channels started stealing their viewers. From Wordnik.com. [Hello, 'Good Bye!'] Reference
Many concert goers continued to cheer loudly for the formulaic, vainglorious, and inevitable encore long after she should have returned. From Wordnik.com. [Dr. Jim Taylor: Natalie Merchant a Disappointment in Concert] Reference
But toward the end of their reign, they relied too heavily on formulaic pictures driven by aging stars, like Kevin Costner's "The Postman.". From Wordnik.com. [Learning The Ropes] Reference
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