For example, if I go and see a movie that I perceive to have placed so much effort on the artistic merit of the acting and cleverness of the storyline that it is difficult to call it a success as a movie.
Learn English – Word to describe something that focusses so ostentatiously on its purpose that it fails to achieve its goal
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I think you're looking for a term like affected.