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A profile of Susan McDougal says she's manipulative and awful beneath her sweet front.
The scientific committee of the International Federation of Manual Medicine has stated: "beneficial outcomes and effectiveness of spinal manipulative procedures rely on appropriate and skilled treatment that is based on an accurate diagnosis, which in turn depends upon the accuracy of the palpatory procedures used " [ 9 ] .
But the rest of the film pales in comparison: It's "fairly standard middle-of-the-road fare, simplistic, conventional, and, when the camera is not focused on Washington, lacking in things to hold our attention" (Kenneth Turan, the Los Angeles Times ). On balance, the film works: It may be "as blatantly manipulative as a pep rally," but "Mr.
None of us will ever take a manipulative young intern into the Oval Office bathroom and have her perform sex acts about which we will force an entire Cabinet to lie.
Sugarcoated and manipulative is how critics describe this Garry Marshall film about two mentally handicapped young adults (Giovanni Ribisi and Juliette Lewis) who fall in love.