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In fact, it's the older gangster pictures that romanticize the charismatic crooks portrayed by Bogart, Cagney, Robinson, et al.
As for Foer's criticism of Irish-American identification with Irish culture as part of a so-called "Diaspora chic," he is unfair to those Americans of Irish descent who do not romanticize terrorism, support Sinn Fein or the IRA, join organizations like the Ancient Order of Hibernians, or celebrate St. Patrick's day by getting obnoxiously drunk and excluding Irish-Americans who happen to be gay.
Though it has flaws (Egoyan's decision to romanticize the father-daughter incest blunted the force of the ending), The Sweet Hereafter has none of the insufferable smugness found in so much indie film in this Sundance era.
The Weekly Standard 's Philip Terzian on Walter Cronkite's memoirs: "Anyone tempted to romanticize the American people should be reminded that for nearly twenty years, 'the most trusted man in America' was a TV news reader with a mustache and mellifluous baritone named Walter Cronkite."
Indeed, she's one of the few deeply observant characters you're likely to encounter who "does not romanticize religion.