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Title: I Like Watching Interesting Documentaries
Review: The premise is promising: an avuncular, crotchety-but-lovable hash slinger (Kenny Shopsin) is being squeezed out of his beloved kitchen by greedy New York landlords and developers. And Kenny's musings on how New York's soul is being devoured by real-estate moguls are indeed interesting. Unfortunately, he has much more to say about a lot of other things, very little of which makes much sense except to him. The movie ends up being the worst thing a documentary can be: uninteresting.I've eaten at Shopsin's a couple of times, and there's nothing charming about it. The food's decent, but the family is boorish and rude, and not in some quaint, lovable way. Kenny Shopsin is repulsive. This film is a good example of how art can make reality look a million times more appetizing than it is.
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