1.   In lesser hands, it all could easily dissolve into a pool of sentimental cliche and tear-jerk formula before its big allegorical wind-

2.   Miguel Sandoval is a plus, too, as the family butler who neatly sidesteps sentimental cliche.

3.   Now that television has awakened to the entertainment value of angels and other Heavenly servants, the same sentimental cliches appear in prime-time dramas.

4.   To his detractors, he is a talented purveyor of photographic kitsch, substituting sentimental cliches for genuine insight.