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www.eonline.com - : More savory significance from the literary-minded producer-director team of Ismail Merchant and James Ivory. Overall, this family drama is rich and satisfying, with occasional lapses into plodding earnestness. It's also episodic and crowded with characters and incidental details, yet the 1960s-'70s time frame in Paris and America is convincingly evoked, from Old World communalism to New World consumerism. Strong performances from Kristofferson and Hershey anchor the film, allowing buzz girl Sobieski (Deep Impact, Eyes Wide Shut) to grow up a feisty, dream ''writer's daughter.'' It's a good, well-told story offering little in the way of large-scale drama or filmmaking razzle-dazzle, but it nonetheless engages the mind and the heart. more...
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www.boxoffice.com - : After a pair of disappointing, studio-backed misfires, director James Ivory and producer Ismail Merchant make a glorious return to form with ''A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries,'' arguably their strongest effort since the back-to-back Oscar-nominated successes of ''Howards End'' and ''Remains of the Day.'' more...
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