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does n't drag an audience down

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, a cast of competent performers from movies , television and the theater are cast adrift in various new york city locations with no unifying rhythm or visual style .

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to have been picked not for their acting chops , but for their looks and appeal to the pre-teen crowd

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as a portrait of the artist as an endlessly inquisitive old man , however , it 's invaluable
positive