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More importantly, so far this season, Dartmouth, Penn, Princeton, Brown and Yale have learned an important lesson: that Lavietes Pavilion is going to be as hard a place to win a game as Penn??€™s Palestra or Princeton’s Jadwin Gymnasium...
Next weekend, the Crimson takes on Ivy rivals Penn??€”which traditionally fields one of the best teams in the EIWA—and Princeton, as well as Boston College. This week, the team will be working on its shot defense and scoring earlier in the match, in preparation not only for the upcoming weekend, but also for the end-of-season tournaments that loom even larger than Phil’s shadow...
Perhaps the most major flaw is in Penn??€™s character. Let it first be known that Penn is absolutely convincing as an autistic—he reportedly observed autistics for 90 days in preparation for this role. Penn convincingly portrays Dawson as he fouls up the coffee at his job at Starbucks, falls down on the floor and gives hugs to people indiscriminately. Still, it is unfortunate that so much of the script is preoccupied with this stereotypical behavior. In the third act of the film Dawson is finally given some depth and, for his part, Penn convincingly...
...character development may be that the film’s first half focuses too much on the father-daughter relationship. Unfortunately, this is hindered not only by the lack of chemistry between Penn and Fanning, but also by the fact that the audience may have difficulty relating to Penn??€™s character. In the second half, the movie shifts focus to the relationship between Dawson and Harrison. Because the audience shares Harrison’s reservations about Dawson, Dawson is allowed to develop in response. This is similar to the character dynamic in Rain Man—because...
...Oscars (Russell Crowe’s performance in A Beautiful Mind outshines Penn??€™s) and may not even get a decent showing at the box office but, to its credit, it manages to portray a mentally challenged person in an entertaining yet dignified manner. It’s true that the protagonist and the schmaltzy movie he leads find wisdom in Beatles lyrics, but hey, nobody’s perfect...