Word: clicheed
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The psychology may be taken a little too straight out of Erik Erikson, or even Gail Sheehy, and the plot verges on the melodramatic (it takes a boating accident to seal the bargain of friendship between the generations). But emotionally On Golden Pond is no less valid for being something...
White, though, pulls it off, at least some of the time. Several of his essays here, for instance, tackle that slipperiest of themes, man in the machine age: one, "About Myself," employs a now-aged device ("I am married to U.S. Woman Number 067-01-9807"), but halfway through it...
French Lieutenant's Woman(Sacks): Yet another love story, with that old cliche, the movie within the movie. Why doesn't anyone ever take it one step further? To fully appreciate the ending, learn which Meryl Streep is Anne and which Meryl Streep is Sarah. The acting is awesome, the...
Still, the children are not solely to blame for this dreary adaptation of Scott Spencer's novel, which made such an interesting case for madness in love, demonstrating that it is preferable-whatever the cost-to safe "meaningful relation ships." Director Zeffirelli seems far too distant from his lovers...
The dancers have very strong personalities that come through, but they take their personality and give it as a gift to the company. I find that very moving. We have built something together and we are proud of it. That sounds like the worst cliche of all time, I know...