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Article: Trite Fishing; David Duchovny's directorial debut is one cliche after another.
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- Philadelphia Weekly
- Article date:
- April 27, 2005
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"Boner" sounds like the French word "bonheur," which means "happiness "which sounds like "penis" if you stress the second syllable.
That's actually the best scene in David Duchovny's embarrassing debut as a movie writer/director, in which a smartass 12-year-old boy (Anton Yelchin) makes fun of his clueless French teacher. The scene works because it feels like something a bright New York City kid would really do.
That's as true to life as this sappy childhood drama gets. Most of the time the film plays as if Duchovny won a contest to pack the most cliches into 95 minutes. Count 'em:
1) Childlike retarded working-class man. Yes, he's played by Robin Williams. He's the Forrest Gumpesque ...