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Title: WHAT?
Review: I have always loved Sissy spacek, since she both broke my heart and scared the hell out of me in CARRIE. She earns her two stars, above, simply for being in a film. She remains powerfully watchable in an interesting role. However -- this film, which begins suspensefully, if not surprisingly, eventually crashes and burns with a made-for-TV movie ending. It really does not deserve the accolades it has been bestowed these past few weeks. The quiet, introspective quality of the film has nothing over ORDINARY PEOPLE, which is infinitely more moving and explosive. The performances are good, and the narrative is solid, until the final 20 minutes, at which point I wanted to leave the theatre -- not because I was disturbed, quite the opposite -- because I wasn't. Most of all, it has nothing to do with redemption, as the glossy TV ads suggest.
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