--- title: "1 Silliness Clearly Quotes By A. O. Scott" description: "1 Silliness Clearly quotes by A. O. Scott. Plus more from A. O. Scott and more Silliness Clearly sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ebc/a-o-scott-26387_details_the-silliness-much-of-which-is-clearly-i_237580.jpg" --- > [The silliness-much of which is clearly intentional-is blended with some genuine grandeur. The Pixar touch is evident in the precision of the visual detail and in the wit and energy of Michael Giacchino's score, but the quality control that has…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/a-o-scott/the-silliness-much-of-which-is-clearly-intentional-is-blended-with/) [A. O. Scott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/a-o-scott/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ebc/a-o-scott-26387_details_the-silliness-much-of-which-is-clearly-i_237580.jpg) ## More by A. O. Scott > [Subtle, funny and touching, with a striking downbeat authenticity. Director Craig Zobel is the real thing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/a-o-scott/subtle-funny-and-touching-with-a-striking-downbeat-authenticity/) [A. O. Scott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/a-o-scott/) > [My fellow critics and I may occasionally fault a movie for departing, in detail or in spirit, from its literary source, but the grousing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/a-o-scott/my-fellow-critics-and-i-may-occasionally-fault-a-movie-for-departing/) [A. O. Scott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/a-o-scott/) > [Campaign may invite a certain skepticism about democracy, but it will surely restore your faith in cinema verite.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/a-o-scott/campaign-may-invite-a-certain-skepticism-about-democracy-but-it-will/) [A. O. Scott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/a-o-scott/) > [The silliness-much of which is clearly intentional-is blended with some genuine grandeur. The Pixar touch is evident in the precision of the visual detail…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/a-o-scott/the-silliness-much-of-which-is-clearly-intentional-is-blended-with/) [A. O. Scott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/a-o-scott/) > [Pearl Harbor is strenuously respectful of contemporary sensitivities, sometimes at the cost of accuracy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/a-o-scott/pearl-harbor-is-strenuously-respectful-of-contemporary-sensitivities/) [A. O. Scott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/a-o-scott/) > [Every art form changes, often at rates and in ways that cause discomfort to its devotees. But the arts also have a remarkable ability…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/a-o-scott/every-art-form-changes-often-at-rates-and-in-ways-that-cause/) [A. O. Scott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/a-o-scott/) > [Tiny as a sparrow, fierce as an eagle, Lisbeth Salander is one of the great Scandinavian avengers of our time, an angry bird catapulting…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/a-o-scott/tiny-as-a-sparrow-fierce-as-an-eagle-lisbeth-salander-is-one-of-the/) [A. O. Scott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/a-o-scott/) > [AN ABSOLUTELY VITAL FILM. Exacting, enraging and revelatory. A clear, temperate and devastating account of high level arrogance and incompetence.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/a-o-scott/an-absolutely-vital-film-exacting-enraging-and-revelatory-a-clear/) [A. O. Scott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/a-o-scott/) > [Those reliable axioms about the taste and expectations of the mass movie audience are not so much laws of nature as artifacts of corporate…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/a-o-scott/those-reliable-axioms-about-the-taste-and-expectations-of-the-mass/) [A. O. Scott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/a-o-scott/) > [The movie, like the book before it, is an expertly built machine for the mass production of tears. Directed by Josh Boone ('Stuck in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/a-o-scott/the-movie-like-the-book-before-it-is-an-expertly-built-machine-for/) [A. O. Scott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/a-o-scott/) > [The musical performances do more than enrich the movie; they complete it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/a-o-scott/the-musical-performances-do-more-than-enrich-the-movie-they-complete/) [A. O. Scott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/a-o-scott/) > [The camera has an uncanny ability to capture the world as it is, to seize events as they happen, and also to conjure visions…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/a-o-scott/the-camera-has-an-uncanny-ability-to-capture-the-world-as-it-is-to/) [A. O. Scott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/a-o-scott/) > [War of the Worlds is rated PG-13. Much of the earth's population is wiped out, leaving very little time for sex or bad language.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/a-o-scott/war-of-the-worlds-is-rated-pg-13-much-of-the-earth-s-population-is/) [A. O. Scott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/a-o-scott/) > [ADMIRABLY BOLD. There's something grand about the film's sincerity and the intensity of its emotions and something fresh and bold about the way director…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/a-o-scott/admirably-bold-there-s-something-grand-about-the-film-s-sincerity-and/) [A. O. Scott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/a-o-scott/) > [STARTLING & INVENTIVE...This is not a movie that lets go of you easily.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/a-o-scott/startling-inventive-this-is-not-a-movie-that-lets-go-of-you-easily/) [A. O. 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