Still, there was little room for cavil in an evening so intelligently conceived and vibrantly executed.

As ingenuous as he may appear, his interpretations are tasteful and intelligently conceived.

Last year our reviewer, Ron Loewinsohn, found this novel "intelligently conceived and competently executed."

The portrait is intelligently conceived, offering glimpses of Kafka's playfulness as well as his nightmares.

It has some particularly effective orchestration; there are beautiful, intelligently conceived passages.

Paul Plishka returned as Falstaff and gave a thoroughly competent, intelligently conceived representation.

He found "much to be praised ... the book is intelligently conceived, carefully organized, clearly written, and handsomely designed.

His episode is the most intelligently conceived of the four, among some tough competition.

But even if the film had been more intelligently conceived, the odds were against its commercial or artistic success.

Yet, despite its beadlike structure of set pieces, "Winter Dreams" is intelligently conceived and its liberetto dramatically sound.