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“The snappily edited sequences of battle and mock battle sweep us in and out of the cockpit,” Walter Goodman wrote in his review for The New York Times.

From New York Times • Jan. 15, 2024

He has a knack too for developing distinctive and varied characters who mesh well together in snappily written and staged scenes.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 11, 2022

"It's densely plotted yet snappily paced, meaning that the movie rarely stops for breath before the next big action sequence or another revelation," he said.

From BBC • Sep. 29, 2021

Enter a snappily dressed woman who, somehow, has the answers: the Contessa Valentina Allegra de Fontaine, played by none other than Julia Louis-Dreyfus.

From Slate • Apr. 16, 2021

“Nonsense,” said the swan snappily, putting its head into the water and giving them a frown with its black nares.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White