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... although this idea is '' new '' the results are tired .

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the storytelling , which undercuts the devastatingly telling impact of utter loss personified in the film 's simple title

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believe these jokers are supposed to have pulled off four similar kidnappings before

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a picture that was n't all that great to begin with
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