scenery-chewing

English

Adjective

scenery-chewing (comparative more scenery-chewing, superlative most scenery-chewing)

1. That chews the scenery; excessively flamboyant or overacting
   • 2022 November 19, Caryn James, “Spielberg's The Fabelmans review: An emotional crowd-pleaser”, in BBC‎^[1]:

     When Mitzi's Uncle Boris (a scenery-chewing Judd Hirsch) visits, he is too on the nose when he advises, "Art will tear your heart out."