| The script started off as smart and sharp but the end was way too schmaltzy. |
| He switched to schmaltzy ballads that reinforced a cartoon notion of Greece. |
| Few musical reunions are anything better than schmaltzy and many are far worse. |
| The schmaltzy plot and overcooked acting made it hard to take the film very seriously. |
| Normally, if you see a bad review on a Christmas movie it's on some real syrupy, schmaltzy one. |
| If you listen to his earlier work a lot of it sounds schmaltzy by today's standards. |
