1.   He sounded rather sad and dejected, and Juliet found this more affecting than his previous caustic remarks.

2.   And vocally Badu is even more affecting.

3.   A real guy having to play a cartoon would be far more affecting than a cartoon playing a cartoon.

4.   But it would have been more affecting without the other more literal-minded sex scenes that surround it.

5.   But the bits remaining of the film that Broomfield seems to have intended to make at the outset are more affecting.

6.   Like the rest of the architecture the room is more affecting for being understated.

7.   Tandy was right to choose not to exit in a blaze of glory, but in the ultimately much more affecting soft glow she summons here.

8.   Superficiality, slack and excessive reliance on picture-postcard visuals undercut what could have been a much more affecting mix of camaraderie and idealism.

9.   The lack of artifice makes them more affecting.

10.   Yet underneath this competent mystery-adventure lies a richer, more affecting coming-of-age story.