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Review title: saccharine storytelling
Product review: Other than the scenes of the beautiful South Carolina low country, and James Garner's touching depiction of The Reader, this movie is pure sap. The South Carolina depicted is all so so pretty, and so so white - the Negro servant caricatures were offensive.Young Allie was all surface and no substance - "oh, boo hoo! Two attractive and intelligent men want me, but I don't paint anymore!" Young Noah comes off a bit better, with his quiet mastery of facial expression. Sam Shepherd and Joan Allen play their parts well, but their talent was wasted on such one-dimensional characters.However Your Mileage May Vary. There was enough sobbing and sniffling going on around me, that obviously many people were touched by the movie. I just wasn't one of them. A little vinegar in this sugar would have been more than welcome.
