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It has stu-freakin'-pendous special effects, hipster sang-froid out the wazoo and a story line that makes only as much sense as it has to" (Michael O'Sullivan, the Washington Post ). A grudgingly appreciative Janet Maslin says that at its best the movie brings "Hong Kong action style home to audiences in a mainstream American adventure with big prospects as a cult classic and with the future very much in mind" (the New York Times ). Others criticize the convoluted story line and call it strictly genre and strictly for "guys in their teens and 20s, for whom the script's pretentious mumbo-jumbo of undergraduate mythology, religious mysticism and technobabble could even be a plus rather than a dramatic liability" (Todd McCarthy, Daily Variety ). (To see the trailer and some fine Keanu pics, visit this fan site; check out David Edelstein's in Slate .)
The late subway graffitist turned '80s art superstar gets his first major retrospective, to grudgingly admiring reviews.
Americans have grudgingly accepted the fact that sex between masters and slaves such as Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings was frequent, leading to a many-hued race of people who do not look African at all, even though they call themselves "African-American."
Some critics continue to deride his mammoth tomes as hopelessly pedestrian, with "the formulaic plots and the formulaic prose and the formulaic leap to the top of the best-seller list" (the New York Times ). Most critics grudgingly praise Michener's prolificacy, breezy prose, and extensive research, while gleefully bashing the snobbery of his highbrow bashers.
Editorialists groused about China's persistent evils but grudgingly conceded that it was a good idea to make nice with Jiang in the hope of reforming China over the long term.
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