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...glittery props and people who surrounded him. But the actor's incapacities are in fact enlarged, rather than disguised, by Director Russell. The major movie that might have been is swallowed by the pretensions of a director who, like his villains, murders what he claims to dissect. - Richard Schickel...
Here by contrast it is a self-effacing costar, a presence to be reckoned with right from the start, but not an overweening one. That makes this lovely, lively film an adult entertainment in the best sense of the word. - Richard Schickel...
Bozzetto's work will be welcomed by the already converted-as it should be-but whether the skeptical will also respond to the film in sizable numbers remains, alas, problematical. Allegro Non Troppo is worth a try-what ever your lingering feelings about Porky Pig.%#151;Richard Schickel...
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