your smart-mouthed remarks aren't at all helping the situation
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Although the songs are better at fitting smart-mouthed lyrics to catchy rhythms than achieving memorable melodies, the best ones have punch.—David Benedict, Variety, 12 Sep. 2024 Shortly after landing, the smart-mouthed protagonist is greeted by an indestructible robot sidekick named Claptrap (voiced by Jack Black), who even as a bottomless pit of dull exposition and half-baked one-liners delivers many of the movie’s better moments.—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 8 Aug. 2024 That plot casts our smart-mouthed outsider — who for better or worse hates robots — opposite an adorable, artificially intelligent home companion designed specifically for her by Masa.—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 16 July 2024 Eventually, the group’s number is reduced to one: a gangly, smart-mouthed junior named Angus Tully, played by newcomer Dominic Sessa in an exceptionally impressive debut.—Ann Hornaday, Washington Post, 1 Nov. 2023 As for Jackson: anyone who remembers his breakout role as the smart-mouthed Pacey Witter on the ‘90s teen drama Dawson’s Creek will immediately recognize why this was the right casting choice.—Rachel Brodsky, Rolling Stone, 29 Apr. 2023
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