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Filled with not-so-wonderful multi-culti clichés. Read full review
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It's all very sincere, but watching a dweebish depressive learn that Life Is Good is a lesson of diminishing returns.
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Josh Goldin, a longtime screenwriter whose credits include "Darkman" and "Out on a Limb" -- and whose wife is a writer at the L.A. Times -- makes his debut as a writer-director with Wonderful World. The results of Goldin's dual efforts are promising but uneven.
Joshua Goldin's directing debut has soulful qualities that have been compressed into a paint-by-numbers production.
The major miscalculation in Wonderful World is the presence of a dream figure, known as the Man (Philip Baker Hall)...he throws this delicate, intelligent film, which at its best suggests a muted hybrid of "The Visitor" and "It's a Wonderful Life," off balance.
Tales of cynical curmudgeons rediscovering their humanity have long been a cinematic staple, but Wonderful World brings a refreshing lack of sentimentality to its take.
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