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reviews.thatcow.com - : Roxanne is, of course, Steve Martin's adaptation of Cyrano de Bergerac transplanted to a small town America. Martin plays our proboscissed protagonist with aplumb, finding himsself now the head of the local fire department, fighting fires rather than other men. more...
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6/10
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www.washingtonpost.com - : Steve Martin is one funny white gentile. And there is more than enough cut-up stuff in ''Roxanne'' to fill a one-hour TV special. But ''Roxanne,'' as a modern reprise of Edmond Rostand's play ''Cyrano de Bergerac,'' is a frustrating update. Take away the comedy and you're left with a pallid version -- a sort of Reader's Digest condensation -- of the original. more...
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rogerebert.suntimes.com - : ''Roxanne'' is a gentle, whimsical comedy starring Steve Martin as a man who knows he has the love of the whole town, because he is such a nice guy, but fears he will never have the love of a woman, because his nose is too big. His nose is pretty big, all right; he doesn't sniff wine, he inhales it. more...
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