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Title: unconscionably awful
Review: Like many reviewers, I choose to write about films or music that I like. Not this time.No Reservations MIGHT have gotten two stars from me if I hadn't seen Mostly Martha -- Catherine ZJ is easy on the eyes, though less so in htis movie... But this remake is slavishly true to its inspiration, even to the music, while lacking all real emotion or strength. And given that Mostly Martha is a remarkable movie, how could this movie ever have been made? Some sense of self-respect should have moved all involved in this version to petition to have their names removed from the credits.Mostly Martha is funny at times, and tremendously powerful at others -- it's a sympathetic portrayal of grief and compulsiveness, all shown with such restraint that its impact is intensified. Martina Gedeck, as she proved in Lives of Others, is a tremendous actress. And the little girl is really good.So either see Mostly Martha and skip this, or never see Mostly Martha so this won't be so awful.
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