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• There are three major protagonists (played by Brendan Fraser, Paul Bettany, and, a revelation, Eliza Bennett), two minor (another promising youngster, Rafi Gavron, and the incomparable Helen Mirren clearly having the time of her life), and two tertiary (Jim Broadbent in crazed crotchety mode and Sienna Guillory doing fantastic physically expressive work). Inkheart
• It's hard to stay crotchety about Christmas when my flatmates are all spirited.
• He captures all the action and introduces us to an eccentric gallery of characters that includes: Dick Hathaway, the crotchety legend who once caught a bluefish from a helicopter; Janet Messineo, a recovering alcoholic who says that striped bass saved her life; and Lev Wlodyka, a cagey local whose next fish will spark a storm of controversy and throw the tournament into turmoil. The Big One by David Kinney: Book summary
• Lord Furnival is getting a little crotchety over my dilatory ways. PASSION IN THE PEAK
• Everyone would be assigned a familial role: from Old Man Jerry Buss, the wise and sometimes crotchety grandfather, to consigliere Phil Jackson, the trusted family counselor.
• Suffice it to say, though, it is Arthur (with crotchety old Grandsanta's help) who finally saves the day when elder brother Steve's high-tech logistics system overlooks one little girl's stocking.
• It's hardly surprising that this bold, or perhaps crotchety, proposal was instantly controversial.
• Instead, I felt sort of tense, crotchety and out of control most of the day.
• Your brothers provide quite well for all of us, and I need your smile here. But then, no-one listens to a crotchety old lady in a wheelchair.
• He was crotchety and cantankerous, but he was always a familiar face to see on the scene.