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a relic from a bygone era , and its convolutions ... feel silly rather than plausible

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director shekhar kapur and screenwriters michael schiffer and hossein amini have tried hard to modernize and reconceptualize things , but the barriers finally prove to be too great

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that old familiar feeling of ' let 's get this thing over with '

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wishy-washy
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