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www.eonline.com - : Share a kielbasa and perogies with the Pzoniaks, who bring extraordinary passion to their food, love life and just about everything else. Directed by Theresa Connelly, this pleasant romp stars a sexually invigorated Claire Danes as a high school dropout who doesn't have a whole lot to look forward to--except, of course, for fooling around with Detroit cop Adam Trese. She obviously gets her sexually charged genes from mom Lena Olin, who's been having an affair behind working-stiff Gabriel Byrne's back. Olin is terrific as the mom who finds her true happiness watching over her five children, and Byrne's gruff exterior is unable to hide his soft, sensitive underside. When Danes is asked to lead the church's processional as the chosen virgin, the irony makes for terrific comic fodder. more...
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www.boxoffice.com - : ''Polish Wedding'' is the worst kind of disappointment: It has a remarkable cast which any director would covet, and the kind of budget that would make most first-time filmmakers salivate. Unfortunately, writer/director Theresa Connolly has not mustered any semblance of a story; in fact, its lack of focus is so severe it causes the tone to shift from heavy drama one moment to serial campy comedy the next. more...
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