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A plodding tale, predictable and obvious. The dialogue creaks, the pacing is interminable, the characters flat. To sit through the construction of the house is like watching paint dry. The central idea (a stubborn man of values takes on an insensitive rigid bureaucracy and wins) is a good theme, but this telling lacks crackle and suspense. The signed baseball as some sort of metaphor was as lame as could be and as unsubtle as a sledgehammer. Amour is a bleaker but more honest film, as is Away From Her. Both have similar themes to this one, but are much more nuanced. On the plus side, Genevieve Bujold gives a fine if not restrained performance.
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