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Refreshingly, this is one of the few works that does not contain references to other art genres, but jousts with the concept of the image itself, again a reflection of nothing at all.
Roads are refreshingly free of traffic; a prime source of motive power is still the tiny ponies pulling unlikely loads in two-wheeled traps.
Reviews praise Woodard's nuanced performance and call the film "uplifting, and unapologetically so" (Kevin Thomas, the Los Angeles Times ). Although it borders on becoming "a cinematic Hallmark card of familial togetherness" (Stephen Holden, the New York Times ), most critics find the story emotionally powerful and refreshingly upbeat.
But this is not to say that newspapers do not maintain refreshingly cynical traditions--if quietly.
Maslin had a voice: As gung-ho as she is today but more deeply felt, more confident while still refreshingly free of the insider smugness of so much writing on rock.