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Title: One star too many
Review: Whether in voice-over or actually speaking, Michael Douglas' wooden, droning, unmodulated performance is not as animated as the ubiquitous monolith in 2001, a Space Odyssey. The actors and director must have been under some contractual obligation, for not since Steve Miller's ''Hearts Like a Wheel'' album of the late 70's has anything so horrible been released. To be fair, Frances McDormand was good. Robert Downey, Jr.'s camped-up, bug-eyed character was a little over the top, but his acting was at least on par with that of the baby McDormand carried in the final scene. Smarmy Tobey Maquire ruins every movie he's in. The only way this video will be worth the purchase price is if you open it and find instead ''Gladiator''.
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