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Title: Horrific. Perfect example of Hollywood's exploitation of emotion
Review: I know I'm in the minority here, but regardless of the quality of the performances (and they're fine), I *despise* this film because of how its creators cynically manipulate legitimate audience emotions for fun and profit. Without spoiling the film, suffice it to say that the writers clearly felt that a simple, straightforward message wasn't extreme enough for their purposes, and so they essentially grafted a wholly unnecessary element onto the story just to jerk a few more tears out of their viewers.Film is certainly a wonderful medium for engaging audiences and helping them explore and experience emotions, but when it's done as it is in this film, it feels much more like exploitation than artistry.
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