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. . .and the bad guys live happily ever after with their ill-gotten gains. Ho-hum. What a cliché this is becoming.

Boy! I thought this kind of crude, anti-American propaganda went out with the 1970s. A combination of Michael Moore and Bush-hatred appears to have brought it back

A movie that shows how cynicism and sentimentality can be two sides of the same coin

Another propaganda effort, along the lines of Pleasantville or American Beauty, against what could still be called, in the 1950s, middle class morality.

Career Girls provides evidence that Mike Leigh has been spoiled by success. Or by something. Anyway, he is spoiled. Perhaps it is because he has mellowed politically. This film only has one gratuitous swipe at Margaret Thatcher, and even that seems half-hearted at best. He was better when he was a fulminating leftie. At least…

Nerds continue their reign as Hollywood’s favorite heroes, though in real life they are rarely so clever as we want to believe they are