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  Watched 16 Nov 2024

  While I got some mild enjoyment out of the pity chuckles that slipped out after one out of every fifty jokes and wisecracks this film's five writers churned out, I know that I am going to groan "not this shit again" every time it bleams on cable and I happen to be walking past a television.

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