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Title: Good Actors, Bad Film
Review: This film has some saving graces: decent performances by the suppoting cast, particularly the men in Sean Penn's support group, as well as Michelle Pfeiffer and Laura Dern and an adorable child actress playing Penn's daughter, and a charming title sequence. That said, this is a totally manipulative movie, with overacting by Sean Penn as the mentally challenged father trying to regain custody of his daughter. The plot is melodramatic and tugs at the audience's hearts strings in all the predictable ways. And the product placements - particularly Starbucks and Pizza Hut - are truly obnoxious. (Why can't Sean Penn work at an independent coffeehouse?)
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