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Those who like it say it's "a sweet, funny little movie" (Ansen, Newsweek ) and that "one finds oneself asking how such familiar material breeds contentment instead of contempt" (Richard Schickel, Time ). Critics also note that two great performances, by Shawn Hatosy as the kid and Alec Baldwin as his gruff dad, help lift the film above cliché.
I sneaked a sidelong look at my companion and a glow of the purest contentment spread slowly through me.
He noted their rebelliousness: their efforts to rise up and throw off their shackles, the ways they cagily resisted their work requirements, the lengths they went to in feigning contentment to elude harsh treatment from their masters.
As in previous weeks, the two leading conservative commentarians celebrated political apathy as an indication of "national health" (George Will, This Week ) and "a sign of contentment and success of a society" (Charles Krauthammer, Inside Washington ). Giving the conservative theme greater legitimacy were Gwen Ifill ( Meet the Press ) and Mary McGrory ( Meet the Press ), who attributed the new apathy to the new prosperity.
Until, that is, his spaghetti-cooking, Rossini-humming contentment is dissolved by the sudden departure of first his cat and then his wife of six years.