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Title: Corny
Review: We watched this back in the seventh grade after reading "Summer of the Swans." I never liked the book either, but the film was awfully corny and changed too much. For an example, Sarah's brother Charlie was mentally-handicapped in the book and unable to speak, but here he is a talkative little boy who chatters away. Not to mention the fact that in the film he is celebrating his FIFTH birthday! In the book Charlie was ten years old. Also, Sarah has the character development of a peanut butter and jelly sandwich. Really, in one scene she takes one look at her orange sneakers and tells her brother that she likes them, but then two seconds later she literally told her brother she hated them. The plot was fast-paced, too, and the acting wasn't the best. But at least we had some time away from class.
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