11.   His line readings in the first act verge on robotic, while his singing is comparatively fluid and imprecise.

12.   Hopper has some delicious line readings.

13.   Like giving line readings or something.

14.   Not a single gesture or line reading rings true.

15.   Steve Martin is about as good as he can be under the circumstances, and zings in a few great line readings.

16.   The casting blunder is MacDowell, whose leaden line readings drag down each scene.

17.   The editing room is the place where mistakes in continuity can be eliminated or a bungled line reading salvaged.

18.   Until he got what he wanted from his actors he would demonstrate, cajole and often give line readings.

19.   Unfortunately, bewilderment comes more naturally to him than diabolical intelligence, and his line readings, aiming for a mixture of suavity and creepiness, just sound silly.

20.   Who else but youngsters would take in stride his regimen of odd voices, curious line readings, heavy-handed concepts and gimmicky upper-register trills?