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• s  effusively or insincerely emotional
  a schmaltzy song

• The story ends on a similarly schmaltzy note, promising readers, "If you loved Grace Kelly in Monaco, you'll adore Carla Bruni in the Elyse.
• He spots Tony Gardner, a schmaltzy crooner whose heyday is well behind him, and gets roped into accompanying the singer while he serenades his wife, Lindy, from a gondola.
• The power behind the song, from Dion's new album The Colour of My Love (550 MusicEpic), is her bring-the-house-down voice, which turns an old, schmaltzy ballad into a soaring pop .

• bathetic
• drippy
• hokey
• maudlin
• mawkish
• kitschy
• mushy
• schmalzy
• sentimental
• soppy
• soupy
• slushy

News & Articles

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• James Marsden thought 'The Notebook' was going to be a bust
  James Marsden originally thought that The Notebook was going to be “schmaltzy.” read more
  Aug. 16, 2013 - TheCelebrityCafe.com
• Lee Daniels’ The Butler (PG-13)
  Lee Daniels’ The Butler is creaky and sentimental and schmaltzy. The movie lacks any of the unhinged qualities of Daniels’ previous films (The Paperboy, Precious, Shadowboxer). He’s on his best behavior here, because he knows he’s making a prestigious picture, and he plays to the back row, too. The film is about as subtle as a piano falling on your head.
  Aug. 15, 2013 - Miami Herald

Quotes

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• Tom Morello in Rolling Stone
  The people in the UK are tired of being spoon-fed one schmaltzy ballad after another and they want to back their own charts, and we are honored that they have chosen our song to be the rebel anthem to try to topple The X Factor label,Morello...
• Steven Levitan in Hollywood Reporter
  We started to think this would make an interesting TV show if handled in a smart way,Levitan said. "We thought we could do a family show but not in a way that seemed schmaltzy."