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Article: JONATHAN ROSS AT THE MOVIES: HEAVEN SENT.(Features)
- Article from:
- The Mirror (London, England)
- Article date:
- March 7, 2003
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Byline: JONATHAN ROSS
FAR FROM HEAVEN
Cert: 12A, 107 mins
FAR From Heaven is a modern reworking of one of the most reliable movie types - the maternal melodrama.
Back in the day when Joan Crawford, Bette Davis and Jane Wyman reigned supreme, it was a fairly common experience to sob your way through 90 minutes of doomed love and frustrated dreams.
These days, you are more likely to sit fidgeting through two hours of a wimpy romance or find yourself staring at the leading ladies' privates while dodgy R&B plays in the background.
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