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very well

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the movie slides downhill as soon as macho action conventions assert themselves .

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like the rugrats movies , the wild thornberrys movie does n't offer much more than the series , but its emphasis on caring for animals and respecting other cultures is particularly welcome .

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a film which presses familiar herzog tropes into the service of a limpid and conventional historical fiction , when really what we demand of the director
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