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strong cast and surehanded direction

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does n't take a rocket scientist to figure out that this is a mormon family movie , and a sappy , preachy one at that

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it should be interesting

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with a tone as variable as the cinematography , schaeffer 's film never settles into the light-footed enchantment the material needs , and the characters ' quirks and foibles never jell into charm .
negative