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Title: Disappointing Rip-Off
Review: This blatant rip-off of IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE lacks the heart and substance of its predecessor. Cooper is woefully miscast as the Jimmy-Stewart-aw-shucks-nice-guy who would give the shirt off his back (AND the backs of his wife and 2 small children) to help out anyone with a sob story. The humor is NOT, and the cliches are tedious. Sheridan is wasted as the wisecracking wife who laughs too much and too loudly. Her long-suffering character unfairly ends up being depicted as the "bad guy" in order to color Cooper's selfish irresponsibility "charity." All in all, a poor movie.
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