For all its sensitivity, the film abounds with movie cliches about the developmentally challenged.
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The New York TimesStephen Holden
The New York TimesStephen Holden
(Shue's) sweetly likable performance is the only coherent element in a film that has the impersonal feel of a television drama slapped together in a rush.
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L.A. Weekly
L.A. Weekly
This movie's already been entertaining (or boring) airline passengers for months.
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Variety
Variety
A shamelessly sentimental story.
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New York Daily NewsJack Mathews
New York Daily NewsJack Mathews
Derivative to the point of distraction.
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Christian Science MonitorDavid Sterritt
Christian Science MonitorDavid Sterritt
Shallow and sentimental in the sappiest Hollywood tradition.