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...insertion of these famous faces does little to aid this faltering family film. Their roles are defined by sickly-sweet feel-good phrases that fade into forgettable nausea. The film is as fabricated and superficial as the miracle candies that save the town—but not the audience—from emotional apathy. Eclectic without being endearing, unrealistic without being fantastic, and strange for no other reason than to be strange, the movie is a helpless collection of disparate elements unable to come across as a cohesive entity...
Much of the film does not hold up to scrutiny, but it is not meant to. It is simply the next and most successful step in director Andy Tennant’s (Sweet Home Alabama, Ever After) path to becoming the next Gerry Marshall (Pretty Woman, The Princess Diaries) and Will Smith’s quest to becoming the most non-threatening and charismatic African-American in popular culture since Fat Albert...
...usual suspects—such as glazed and chocolate frosted—as well as from a wide variety of muffins. Industrial strength coffee tops off most late-night meals as customers pull up seats at the round table in the center of the room. Those seeking a sweet end to the night debate local politics with the engagingly quarrelsome senior citizens who show up early to kibbutz before the warm doughnuts have a chance to cool off. Now that?...
Matt told me how much he loves and admires his parents and how he talks to his sister Jessica on the phone everyday. Later, Jessica emailed me a long self-proclaimed love letter about the selfless, sweet man her little brother has become. Sweet and sensitive? Thoughts of Matt’s dim wit and Harvard-standard ambitions were fast being replaced by dreams of romantic candlelit dinners followed by repeated viewings of Clueless. But I tried to restrain myself: keep it professional, I thought...
After this titillating meal, I tried in vain to organize another rendezvous with the object of both my story—and my affection. Unfortunately, intersession was fast approaching, and Matt was heading home to small-town New York to spend some quality sweet-and-sensitive time with his family...