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and , there 's no way you wo n't be talking about the film once you exit the theater .
you 'll know a star when you see one .
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and , there 's no way you wo n't be talking about the film once you exit the theater .
an overstylized , puréed mélange of sex , psychology , drugs and philosophy .
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there 's nothing to gain from watching they .
this u-boat does n't have a captain .
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there 's nothing to gain from watching they .
an enjoyable comedy of lingual and cultural differences ... the château is a film -- full of life and small delights -- that has all the wiggling energy of young kitten .
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imagine susan sontag falling in love with howard stern .
spider-man is about growing strange hairs , getting a more mature body , and finding it necessary to hide new secretions from the parental units .
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imagine susan sontag falling in love with howard stern .
-lrb- rises -rrb- above its oh-so-hollywood rejiggering and its conventional direction to give the film a soul and an unabashed sense of good old-fashioned escapism .
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brave and sweetly rendered love story .
the film , despite the gratuitous cinematic distractions impressed upon it , is still good fun .
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brave and sweetly rendered love story .
true to its animatronic roots : ... as stiff , ponderous and charmless as a mechanical apparatus ... ` the country bears ' should never have been brought out of hibernation .
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too much of storytelling moves away from solondz 's social critique , casting its audience as that of intellectual lector in contemplation of the auteur 's professional injuries .
long before it 's over , you 'll be thinking of 51 ways to leave this loser .
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too much of storytelling moves away from solondz 's social critique , casting its audience as that of intellectual lector in contemplation of the auteur 's professional injuries .
at times , the movie looks genuinely pretty .
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flat , misguided comedy .
a loud , brash and mainly unfunny high school comedy .
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flat , misguided comedy .
these people are really going to love the piano teacher .
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richard pryor mined his personal horrors and came up with a treasure chest of material , but lawrence gives us mostly fool 's gold .
little more than a well-mounted history lesson .
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richard pryor mined his personal horrors and came up with a treasure chest of material , but lawrence gives us mostly fool 's gold .
serious movie-goers embarking upon this journey will find that the road to perdition leads to a satisfying destination .
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a sham construct based on theory , sleight-of-hand , and ill-wrought hypothesis .
a loud , brash and mainly unfunny high school comedy .
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a sham construct based on theory , sleight-of-hand , and ill-wrought hypothesis .
it establishes its ominous mood and tension swiftly , and if the suspense never rises to a higher level , it is nevertheless maintained throughout .
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has all the complexity and realistic human behavior of an episode of general hospital .
despite terrific special effects and funnier gags , harry potter and the chamber of secrets finds a way to make j.k. rowling 's marvelous series into a deadly bore .
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has all the complexity and realistic human behavior of an episode of general hospital .
the wonder of mostly martha is the performance of gedeck , who makes martha enormously endearing .
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visually breathtaking , viscerally exciting , and dramatically moving , it 's the very definition of epic adventure .
stevens ' vibrant creative instincts are the difference between this and countless other flicks about guys and dolls .
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visually breathtaking , viscerally exciting , and dramatically moving , it 's the very definition of epic adventure .
one of those films that seems tailor made to air on pay cable to offer some modest amusements when one has nothing else to watch .
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but the actors make this worth a peek .
the wonder of mostly martha is the performance of gedeck , who makes martha enormously endearing .
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but the actors make this worth a peek .
it 's just rather leaden and dull .
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and thanks to kline 's superbly nuanced performance , that pondering is highly pleasurable .
the acting , for the most part , is terrific , although the actors must struggle with the fact that they 're playing characters who sometimes feel more like literary conceits than flesh-and-blood humans .
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and thanks to kline 's superbly nuanced performance , that pondering is highly pleasurable .
where 's the movie here ?
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this gorgeous epic is guaranteed to lift the spirits of the whole family .
while most films these days are about nothing , this film seems to be about everything that 's plaguing the human spirit in a relentlessly globalizing world .
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this gorgeous epic is guaranteed to lift the spirits of the whole family .
hollywood ending is the most disappointing woody allen movie ever .
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like life on the island , the movie grows boring despite the scenery .
a droll , bitchy frolic which pokes fun at the price of popularity and small-town pretension in the lone star state .
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like life on the island , the movie grows boring despite the scenery .
the acting , for the most part , is terrific , although the actors must struggle with the fact that they 're playing characters who sometimes feel more like literary conceits than flesh-and-blood humans .
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cherry orchard is badly edited , often awkwardly directed and suffers from the addition of a wholly unnecessary pre-credit sequence designed to give some of the characters a ` back story . '
if only it were , well , funnier .
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cherry orchard is badly edited , often awkwardly directed and suffers from the addition of a wholly unnecessary pre-credit sequence designed to give some of the characters a ` back story . '
sly , sophisticated and surprising .
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i 'd be hard pressed to think of a film more cloyingly sappy than evelyn this year .
this is a fragmented film , once a good idea that was followed by the bad idea to turn it into a movie .
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i 'd be hard pressed to think of a film more cloyingly sappy than evelyn this year .
boasts a handful of virtuosic set pieces and offers a fair amount of trashy , kinky fun .
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plodding , peevish and gimmicky .
if ever such a dependable concept was botched in execution , this is it .
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plodding , peevish and gimmicky .
the lively appeal of the last kiss lies in the ease with which it integrates thoughtfulness and pasta-fagioli comedy .
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an edifying glimpse into the wit and revolutionary spirit of these performers and their era .
the low-key direction is pleasingly emphatic in this properly intense , claustrophobic tale of obsessive love .
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an edifying glimpse into the wit and revolutionary spirit of these performers and their era .
first-time director joão pedro rodrigues ' unwillingness to define his hero 's background or motivations becomes more and more frustrating as the film goes on .
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depicts the sorriest and most sordid of human behavior on the screen , then laughs at how clever it 's being .
execrable .
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depicts the sorriest and most sordid of human behavior on the screen , then laughs at how clever it 's being .
a hypnotic cyber hymn and a cruel story of youth culture .
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a timely look back at civil disobedience , anti-war movements and the power of strong voices .
an improvement on the feeble examples of big-screen poke-mania that have preceded it .
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a timely look back at civil disobedience , anti-war movements and the power of strong voices .
the film never finds its tone and several scenes run too long .
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the film , despite the gratuitous cinematic distractions impressed upon it , is still good fun .
while most films these days are about nothing , this film seems to be about everything that 's plaguing the human spirit in a relentlessly globalizing world .
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the film , despite the gratuitous cinematic distractions impressed upon it , is still good fun .
imagine susan sontag falling in love with howard stern .
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happily stays close to the ground in a spare and simple manner and does n't pummel us with phony imagery or music .
a soul-stirring documentary about the israeli\/palestinian conflict as revealed through the eyes of some children who remain curious about each other against all odds .
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happily stays close to the ground in a spare and simple manner and does n't pummel us with phony imagery or music .
hollywood ending is the most disappointing woody allen movie ever .
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while insomnia is in many ways a conventional , even predictable remake , nolan 's penetrating undercurrent of cerebral and cinemantic flair lends -lrb- it -rrb- stimulating depth .
a harrowing account of a psychological breakdown .
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while insomnia is in many ways a conventional , even predictable remake , nolan 's penetrating undercurrent of cerebral and cinemantic flair lends -lrb- it -rrb- stimulating depth .
and that is where ararat went astray .
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the characters are more deeply thought through than in most ` right-thinking ' films .
elvira fans could hardly ask for more .
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the characters are more deeply thought through than in most ` right-thinking ' films .
impostor is a step down for director gary fleder .
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a cutesy romantic tale with a twist .
with this masterful , flawless film , -lrb- wang -rrb- emerges in the front ranks of china 's now numerous , world-renowned filmmakers .
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a cutesy romantic tale with a twist .
-lrb- a -rrb- rather thinly-conceived movie .
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i love the opening scenes of a wintry new york city in 1899 .
it 's fairly solid -- not to mention well edited so that it certainly does n't feel like a film that strays past the two and a half mark .
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i love the opening scenes of a wintry new york city in 1899 .
the film has -lrb- its -rrb- moments , but they are few and far between .
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while most films these days are about nothing , this film seems to be about everything that 's plaguing the human spirit in a relentlessly globalizing world .
with so many bad romances out there , this is the kind of movie that deserves a chance to shine .
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while most films these days are about nothing , this film seems to be about everything that 's plaguing the human spirit in a relentlessly globalizing world .
the events of the film are just so weird that i honestly never knew what the hell was coming next .
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no amount of arty theorizing -- the special effects are ` german-expressionist , ' according to the press notes -- can render it anything but laughable .
we just do n't really care too much about this love story .
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no amount of arty theorizing -- the special effects are ` german-expressionist , ' according to the press notes -- can render it anything but laughable .
full of surprises .
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a lightweight , uneven action comedy that freely mingles french , japanese and hollywood cultures .
dull , a road-trip movie that 's surprisingly short of both adventure and song .
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a lightweight , uneven action comedy that freely mingles french , japanese and hollywood cultures .
a portrait of hell so shattering it 's impossible to shake .
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offers a clear-eyed chronicle of a female friendship that is more complex and honest than anything represented in a hollywood film .
this comic gem is as delightful as it is derivative .
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offers a clear-eyed chronicle of a female friendship that is more complex and honest than anything represented in a hollywood film .
an ugly , pointless , stupid movie .
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if you 're the kind of parent who enjoys intentionally introducing your kids to films which will cause loads of irreparable damage that years and years of costly analysis could never fix , i have just one word for you - -- decasia
may puzzle his most ardent fans .
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if you 're the kind of parent who enjoys intentionally introducing your kids to films which will cause loads of irreparable damage that years and years of costly analysis could never fix , i have just one word for you - -- decasia
undoubtedly the scariest movie ever made about tattoos .
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an overstylized , puréed mélange of sex , psychology , drugs and philosophy .
rarely does a film so graceless and devoid of merit as this one come along .
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an overstylized , puréed mélange of sex , psychology , drugs and philosophy .
a pretty decent kid-pleasing , tolerable-to-adults lark of a movie .
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but it also has many of the things that made the first one charming .
what makes the film special is the refreshingly unhibited enthusiasm that the people , in spite of clearly evident poverty and hardship , bring to their music .
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but it also has many of the things that made the first one charming .
what they 're doing is a matter of plumbing arrangements and mind games , of no erotic or sensuous charge .
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a loud , brash and mainly unfunny high school comedy .
plodding , peevish and gimmicky .
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a loud , brash and mainly unfunny high school comedy .
ourside the theatre roger might be intolerable company , but inside it he 's well worth spending some time with .
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and that makes all the difference .
while most films these days are about nothing , this film seems to be about everything that 's plaguing the human spirit in a relentlessly globalizing world .
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and that makes all the difference .
though it pretends to expose the life of male hustlers , it 's exploitive without being insightful .
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if you 're down for a silly hack-and-slash flick , you can do no wrong with jason x.
a pretty decent kid-pleasing , tolerable-to-adults lark of a movie .
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if you 're down for a silly hack-and-slash flick , you can do no wrong with jason x.
does n't deserve a passing grade -lrb- even on a curve -rrb- .
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woven together handsomely , recalling sixties ' rockumentary milestones from lonely boy to do n't look back .
a moving tale of love and destruction in unexpected places , unexamined lives .
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woven together handsomely , recalling sixties ' rockumentary milestones from lonely boy to do n't look back .
i suspect that you 'll be as bored watching morvern callar as the characters are in it .
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below may not mark mr. twohy 's emergence into the mainstream , but his promise remains undiminished .
except it 's much , much better .
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below may not mark mr. twohy 's emergence into the mainstream , but his promise remains undiminished .
imagine susan sontag falling in love with howard stern .
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spielberg 's picture is smarter and subtler than -lrb- total recall and blade runner -rrb- , although its plot may prove too convoluted for fun-seeking summer audiences .
the story 's scope and pageantry are mesmerizing , and mr. day-lewis roars with leonine power .
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spielberg 's picture is smarter and subtler than -lrb- total recall and blade runner -rrb- , although its plot may prove too convoluted for fun-seeking summer audiences .
where 's the movie here ?
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though it pretends to expose the life of male hustlers , it 's exploitive without being insightful .
a loud , brash and mainly unfunny high school comedy .
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though it pretends to expose the life of male hustlers , it 's exploitive without being insightful .
a hypnotic cyber hymn and a cruel story of youth culture .
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but seriously , folks , it does n't work .
i suspect that you 'll be as bored watching morvern callar as the characters are in it .
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but seriously , folks , it does n't work .
though in some ways similar to catherine breillat 's fat girl , rain is the far superior film .
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fortunately , elling never gets too cloying thanks to the actors ' perfect comic timing and sweet , genuine chemistry .
it 's a day at the beach -- with air conditioning and popcorn .
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fortunately , elling never gets too cloying thanks to the actors ' perfect comic timing and sweet , genuine chemistry .
an inexperienced director , mehta has much to learn .
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your 20th outing shows off a lot of stamina and vitality , and get this , madonna 's cameo does n't suck !
i have a new favorite musical -- and i 'm not even a fan of the genre
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your 20th outing shows off a lot of stamina and vitality , and get this , madonna 's cameo does n't suck !
a sloppy slapstick throwback to long gone bottom-of-the-bill fare like the ghost and mr. chicken .
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an inexperienced director , mehta has much to learn .
its initial excitement settles into a warmed over pastiche .
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an inexperienced director , mehta has much to learn .
hawn and sarandon form an acting bond that makes the banger sisters a fascinating character study with laughs to spare .
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the adventures of pluto nash is a whole lot of nada .
disgusting .
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the adventures of pluto nash is a whole lot of nada .
woody allen has really found his groove these days .
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the beautiful images and solemn words can not disguise the slack complacency of -lrb- godard 's -rrb- vision , any more than the gorgeous piano and strings on the soundtrack can drown out the tinny self-righteousness of his voice .
after you laugh once -lrb- maybe twice -rrb- , you will have completely forgotten the movie by the time you get back to your car in the parking lot .
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the beautiful images and solemn words can not disguise the slack complacency of -lrb- godard 's -rrb- vision , any more than the gorgeous piano and strings on the soundtrack can drown out the tinny self-righteousness of his voice .
ourside the theatre roger might be intolerable company , but inside it he 's well worth spending some time with .
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at times , the movie looks genuinely pretty .
this gorgeous epic is guaranteed to lift the spirits of the whole family .
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at times , the movie looks genuinely pretty .
mostly , shafer and co-writer gregory hinton lack a strong-minded viewpoint , or a sense of humor .
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enough is not a bad movie , just mediocre .
an overstylized , puréed mélange of sex , psychology , drugs and philosophy .
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enough is not a bad movie , just mediocre .
the wonder of mostly martha is the performance of gedeck , who makes martha enormously endearing .
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almodovar is an imaginative teacher of emotional intelligence in this engaging film about two men who discover what william james once called ` the gift of tears . '
a bittersweet contemporary comedy about benevolent deception , which , while it may not rival the filmmaker 's period pieces , is still very much worth seeing .
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almodovar is an imaginative teacher of emotional intelligence in this engaging film about two men who discover what william james once called ` the gift of tears . '
i 'm sorry to say that this should seal the deal - arnold is not , nor will he be , back .
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a portrait of hell so shattering it 's impossible to shake .
the banter between calvin and his fellow barbers feels like a streetwise mclaughlin group ... and never fails to entertain .
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a portrait of hell so shattering it 's impossible to shake .
while some of the camera work is interesting , the film 's mid-to-low budget is betrayed by the surprisingly shoddy makeup work .
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