During that time, the dancers went in for near-comical overacting.

Some unintentional overacting can find itself the subject of parody.

And while the role invites a comic, oafish touch, his overacting went over the line.

But in recent years stage directors have encouraged Met casts into such overacting that the characters seem idiotic.

His overacting fits in with a picture that spells out everything in italics.

While some cast members have positive performances, critics point out that they are masked by the overacting by other characters.

This resulted in episodes full of idiotic puns, absurd dialogue and extreme overacting by everybody.

The film received mostly negative reviews, where it was criticized for its "overacting", "ridiculous plot", and "bad soundtrack".

St. Quentin likes Anna all the more for her constant overacting, a sort of defiant bluffing.

Their apoplectic overacting is more than matched by the special effects in which the movie is garishly gift-wrapped.

Stop this overacting.

"I'll have to watch how close they come in the close-ups," she says, explaining that she is eager to avoid silent-movie-style overacting.

The film's other unfortunate excess is Christopher Cooke's overacting as Audry's father.

He also criticised the hysterical overacting of the cast, which he called highly unrealistic, while acknowledging the cast's acting talent in general.

The film's intense emphasis on racial harmony is marred by this one lapse, which also leads to serious overacting by the bullies.

Next to Dustin's overacting, Steve McQueen's acting is almost naturalistic.

All that overacting and hilarious Rrrrrolling Rrrrrussian 'r's .

Unintentional overacting is caused by poor acting, either a good actor performing badly in one scene or a generally poor actor.

High Cost of Overacting Danny Aiello, the actor, has always been a boxing devotee.

Ms. Downs could gain by striking a compromise: keeping the political energy of the songs but draining her performance of the overacting that stiffens it.

He might be in Sabra's pay as well as in her bed, but he didn't necessarily approve of her overacting.

Her emotional overacting prompted Wallis to send Shumlin numerous memos urging the director to tone down her performance.

The high role leached the rich color in the lower part of his voice from his upper register despite his attempts to compensate with comic overacting.

The cast delivers controlled and genuine performances that are a welcome break from the crass overacting that populates China's commercial screens."