Heavy-handed, saccharine message somehow goes down good.
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Philadelphia InquirerCarrie Rickey
Philadelphia InquirerCarrie Rickey
It's a pretty nice movie until, like a Ponzi plan, it collapses.
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Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert
With a cleaner story line, the basic idea could have been free to deliver. As it is, we get a better movie than we might have, because the performances are so good.
No wonder Arlene (Hunt) keeps a bottle of vodka in the chandelier. You would too with this demonic, passive-aggressive, New Age munchkin (Osment) trying to run your life.