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Title: Completely unwatchable
Review: What was Tim Robbins' point here? If his objective was to to prove his intelligence through the penning and staging of turgid, stilted dialog that no human being would ever mouth, then he has succeeded. The result is that he has foisted upon us a completely unwatchable film.This movie reminds me of the premise behind Woody Allen's "Bullets on Broadway." In that movie, John Cusack's character is a vaunted playright whose prose results in a work replete with sequence after sequence of artificial, stuffy dialogue. Chaz Palmenteri, attending the practices as a henchman guarding the lead actress, recognizes that "nobody talks like that" and starts making suggestions to Cusack, much to the delight of the actors.Too bad Robbins' didn't have a similar resource for "Cradle Will Rock." Alas, we get the unfiltered Tim. Not a good thing for viewers.
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