Word: gracefulness
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...very entertaining romantic-musical-porno-comedy-drama Shortbus, a character who has attempted suicide is dispatched to Our Lady of Adequate Grace Hospital...
...Sounds bleakly fascinating, eh? It isn't. The movie means to be a mix of the sardonic Thank You for Smoking (this would be Thank You for Poisoning Yourselves) and the plaintive exposé Maria Full of Grace (but with the illegal immigrants forced to slaughter meat instead of serving as mules for hard drugs). But in fictionalizing McDonald's as Mickey's while still trying to make all the points the book does, Schlosser and Linklater can't breathe life into any of the characters, content to create stick figures...
...stun gun; once he sees the ugly light, he disappears from the film. The teenage Amber (Ashley Johnson), who grows from a Mickey's countergirl to an animal-rights activist, is just another couple of chapter headings for the charnel issues being raised. Same with Sylvia (Maria Full of Grace's Catalina Sandino Moreno), one of the horribly exploited immigrants. Even someone (like me) who might agree with every political point in the film will get exasperated with the obviousness of the portrayals, the stodginess of the drama, the lame mise...
...audience with the threat of the disappearance of Greenland (hint: not the continental equivalent of the appendix), casts Gore's life into the soft-focus glow most often associated with The Man From a Place Called Hope. His young days on the farm. Triumph over family tragedy. Determination and grace after humiliating defeat. And just as in a campaign ad, Gore carefully paints an unflattering picture of his opponent without ever mentioning his name. It's all "the current Administration" this and, even more conveniently, "they" that. A savvy move, considering the race is still against a Candidate...
...Grace...