The part's wide repertory of moods is acutely observed and thoughtfully rendered.

What levitates these elements above the routine is how acutely observed and honest the comedy is.

Mr. Stevenson has given his lead characters the kind of acutely observed specific qualities that are seldom seen in ballet.

Contemporary documentaries and articles present his photographs as acutely observed documentary images.

Time magazine praised the authentic portrayal as the "most acutely observed, realistic sitcom about regional American life bar none".

His pages are populated by all kinds of animated beings: humans, animals and acutely observed ordinary objects.

But the writing is deft, and the characterizations are acutely observed.

The paintings are not as spontaneous but no less acutely observed, without the necessity of detailed description to convey temperament and mood.

His claim that the four represent "a school or movement" is overstrong, but the symmetries he finds in their histories feel natural and acutely observed.