Title: gratuitous tragedy
Product review: i felt like i'd been beaten over the head with violence. then i felt like a puppeteer (joan chen) pulled at my heartstrings like a sad violin. all this would have been fine, and even good, if after the movie i felt there had been some truth revealed some chaos ordered into art. some character fleshed out beyond the narrow role of the story. but there wasn't. this is the kind of movie that leaves me furious --- a hallmark card made by someone with far too much talent to sink to this. it was heavyhanded melodrama, and perhaps the most gratuitous and two dimensional treatment i've seen in recent years.ugh, save yourself some grief and don't see this movie. if youre gonna be censored for what you do, at least make it worthwhile.
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