1. The praying in the Spirit appeared stagey and contrived.

2. The scenes between the sons, all witty repartee, came close to a spoof of stagey theatrical speech.

3. Producer Brian Grazer said they were too "reverential" when adapting The Da Vinci Code, which resulted in it being "a little long and stagey."

4. Elizabeth Curtseyed very prettily, though her eyes were slightly mocking.: Then she Curtseyed, smiling at him drolly, and put her hand upon her breast.: She Curtseyed to him, with a pretty desire to convey to him that she felt how much older and wiser he was than she.: And so, with a shrill peal of stagey laughter, she Curtseyed low to him and glided from the room.