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Article: `Renaissance Man' has heart, mind in right place

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June 3, 1994
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RENAISSANCE MAN

Directed by: Penny Marshall

Screenplay by: Jim Burnstein

Starring: Danny DeVito, Gregory Hines, Cliff Robertson,

James Remar, Lillo Brancato Jr., Stacey Dash, Kadeem

Hardison, Richard T. Jones, Khalil Kain, Peter Simmons,

Greg Sporleder, Mark Wahlberg

Playing at: Cheri, suburbs

Rated: PG-13 (some language)

"Renaissance Man" is "To Sir, with Love" by the numbers, "Dead Poets Society" with combat training, "Stand and Deliver" in fatigues. It's a little too long, a little too corny, a little too packaged, but its warmth and regenerative energies make it a winner. It gives Danny DeVito his most satisfying role in a long time as an unemployed Detroit ...

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