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Title: Compelling
Review: This is one of those films that's not really about much, but has plenty of strange incidentals. In it we follow Tripp, who seems to be permanently unlucky, who gets himself into endless amounts of trouble along with dark student James and his editor Crabtree. What really makes the film so compelling is its outstanding performances, particularly from Maguire and McDormand. Also impressive is the way in which the film itself is narrated by Douglas, making the whole thing seem like a real novel. Of course at the end that's precisely what it is, and that explains why all the ends are so neatly tied up at the end. You'll like this film, but you won't know why.
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