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This may seen contrived or heavy handed: it is not.
And, if nothing else, a film like this really shows how false and contrived the faux-documentary, shaky-cam style can sometimes be when it so obviously applied purely for effect (such as in films like the otherwise admirable Roger Dodger).
Weak and contrived ending as well.
I found it difficult to sit still through all the contrived metaphors, parallels and biblical references, and impossible to accept bathed-in-light Ian Hunter's smug know-it-all as a Christ figure.
My only real complaint that wasn't due to the film's budget, which must have been small, was the contrived "twist" ending.
Maybe it's just that the 1950's didn't have the technology to pull off some of the scare scenes needed to juice up this movie, the techniques used here seem contrived and mundane.
However, too much of it still comes off as contrived.
I felt really bad for the actors, who were obviously trying, but who had to deal with terrible, contrived dialogue and an obvious lack of direction.
It's embarrassing to watch, and so boring than making it through to the contrived "surprise" ending requires tremendous endurance.
Improvised dialogue, handheld cameras for no effect, directionless plot, contrived romance, ick! to the whole mess.
He just came off as an asshole in a poorly edited, contrived juvenile smear campaign.
From a poorly contrived plot line that makes almost no sense to bad dialogue and disjointed scenes to the ultimate downer, bad acting (even Peter Falk can't find his way) "Finding John Christmas" is better left lost.
The acting is poor and the story line is contrived.
The plot is so contrived and unbelievable. . .
Scenes which seem to be contrived out the blue and have nothing to do with the theme or sub themes, play as if some college kid wrote this.
All in all, the story is weak, especially the recycled, contrived romance plot-line and its climax.
This movie wants us to emote along with the characters, but this can't done with such a ridiculous, contrived conflict.
First off, the whole setup is incredibly contrived.
Weisz will be blamed for this dull debacle, but he's not really at fault because he does his best to maintain suspense and squeeze some freshness out of the contrived situations.
From the too neat and new looking clothes that character wears to the cod intellectualism that tries to link it all together, it's all too contrived for my taste.
The musical moments do break up the monotony of the contrived scenario, yet fail to transcend the surrounding silliness.
Not only was the plot of this film contrived with the ease in which the two psychos are able to kidnap a pregnant woman without breaking a sweat but it was a terrible rip-off of 'Misery'.
The earthquake scene in the mall is so contrived and completely unbelievable.
dialogue is contrived and clichéd to death.of
It is very similar to a 1950's sitcom in its cornball humor and contrived situations, but while it can be well done like in I Love Lucy, it's just not funny here.
The characters are unbelievable, how the act is not realistic at all and their motives are contrived.
The plot was so contrived and predictable, I was calling out what the next scene would be easily (and I'm usually not very good at this).
Ray Walston's character was sugary and ultimately contrived.
I never got beyond the shallowness of the contrived, purported message of this film.
The theme tune wasn't very good either, I can't even remember it, and the jokes were lame and contrived.
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