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Film · United Artists · 1920

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Pollyanna

35Leave it.

The glad game softens the town, and the film thinks that was enough.

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The review

A child can watch this one, and somebody has to say the girl is not a child. Mary Pickford was grown, playing an orphan who runs the glad game until a bitter town softens. Popular hit, not Way Down East. The cheerfulness is the product they came for, and it is very good at being a product.

I was halfway to glad with her when the limit showed. The town needed more than a game, and the film thinks the game is enough. That is the part the cuteness is there to cover. A mood is not a repair, even when the whole performance is spent making the mood feel like one.

Journal

Keep Pollyanna in the record.

No house has filed a sentence for this yet.

Live Historic number 35. Yours can differ.

The glance

Industry and Piety and Courage and Republic and Temperance and Truth and Stewardship are the thin ones.

Does anyone here do a real job, and does that job matter?

This phone is set for a grown person, just me. Change the ages.

Consider this

The Secret Life of Pets

48 instead of 35

The Secret Life of Pets is still a family film, and it scores 48 instead of 35. What you gain is truth: A house is not a prison in this story.

The eight

2
Industry
The thing being sold is cheerfulness, not anybody's real job.
5
Household
An orphan is the soften-the-town device, played by a grown woman.
4
Piety
The glad game is the only conscience the picture trusts.
4
Courage
She keeps the glad game going inside a town that is bitter.
4
Republic
A bitter town needed more than one girl's game, and got the game.
3
Temperance
You are trained to want the next round of gladness.
3
Truth
The film treats the game as enough, and the star is not a child.
3
Stewardship
What the town is left with is a mood, not a repair.

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Film · MGM · 2015

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Spectre

35Leave it.

Brand maintenance with a funeral in it. The craft is professional. The reason is thin.

Take controlThis scores 35. Spectre cannot be blocked by name on this shelf. The lock is the phone. Block it

The review

There is a real public question under the tux: who watches the watchers when every camera is one system. The film picks the question up and sets it down for a childhood grievance that makes a franchise feel like a family saga. It is not a family saga. It is a product arranging its villains into one line.

Adults who like the craft can see the craft. Do not call it serious because it is gloomy. Gloom is cheap. The question about the cameras was the part worth keeping, and they spent it.

Journal

Keep Spectre in the record.

No house has filed a sentence for this yet.

Live Historic number 35. Yours can differ.

The glance

Household and Piety and Republic and Temperance and Truth and Stewardship are the thin ones.

Is a marriage, a parent, or a child a real life here, or just a prop?

This phone is set for a grown person, just me. Change the ages.

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Spider-Man: Brand New Day

46 instead of 35

Spider-Man: Brand New Day is still a action film, and it scores 46 instead of 35. What you gain is household: The promise of the character is that he has a home.