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He's no doubt still nursing the narcissistic injury when people laughed at him for being so thuddingly stupid.

From Salon • Feb. 11, 2025

It’s tempting to imagine this material realized with the maniac verve of a film like James Wan’s “Malignant,” where the ridiculous verges on camp, instead of how Salky plays it: thuddingly literal and painfully dumb.

From New York Times • Sep. 22, 2021

Feste, whose films include “The Greatest,” “Endless Love” and the underappreciated music-biz melodrama “Country Strong,” has been known to elicit strong performances even from thuddingly obvious, maudlin material.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 21, 2018

"It's a sure sign of the film's desperation that it begins and ends as a thuddingly tired action-comedy pastiche," Robey continues.

From BBC • Dec. 20, 2017

The Belle Helène, lashed by the storm, rolled and pulled at her cable, rose, fell thuddingly.

From The Lady and the Pirate Being the Plain Tale of a Diligent Pirate and a Fair Captive by Mathes, Harry A.