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Title: 3rd-rate imitation of a good movie --- don't be fooled!
Review: A lot of people found this to be a very inspiring & emotionally moving film. Surprise surprise, that is exactly what the studio's marketing plan was hoping you would think. Their marketing strategy seems to have paid off quite nicely.Do not mistake cloying, manipulative drivel for compelling story-telling. Do not mistake maudlin sentimentality for emotional depth. Do not mistake the emotional sucker-punch (to borrow from another reviewer) of an ending for irony. Remember these things and you will find this to be one of the more contrived, manipulative pieces of tripe to blight the big screen in a number of years. It's not the worst, because one can always point to "Patch Adams," but it is still pretty damned irritating.
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