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Now they die of self-indulgent recklessness.
In Keirsey's book Please Understand Me II , ESFP's are described as "inclined to be impulsive and self-indulgent, which makes them vulnerable to seduction.
Well, Oprah" (Mim Udovitch, New York ). The main gripes: that The Kiss represents an act of self-plagiarism, since Harrison's first novel recounts the same story; that her prose is by turns flat and overheated, "chockablock with romance-novel clichés" (Jonathan Yardley, the Washington Post); and that her need to confess is self-indulgent.
Still, critics say the daughter has inherited the father's "gift for fine, lapidary prose [and] carefully controlled language" (Michiko Kakutani, the New York Times ). The book wins praise largely because of its keen rendering of the self-indulgent '70s.
Despite A-list star power (Nick Nolte, Sean Penn, John Travolta, George Clooney) and spectacular cinematography, even positive critics concede the film is "too dark and cluttered and mysterious to ever achieve the popular acceptance of Spielberg's movie" (Dave Kehr, the Daily News ). The biggest complaints are about the film's lack of plot and dialogue (almost all the speaking in the film is voice-over), which borders on becoming "precious, self-conscious and even self-indulgent" (Kenneth Turan, the Los Angeles Times ). (This unofficial site has photographs from the film and message boards; or you can read about the practical joking on the set here.)
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