[Fraulein]

Yet it could take place in any American city, in this time of heartless cuts in social services and the abandonment of the poor. I saw the movie at about the same time our lawmakers eliminated the pitiful $400 per child tax credit, while transferring billions from the working class to the richest 1 percent.

You'd think that a film critic would be able to recognize -- and avoid -- the use of cliche.

[anniegetyourgun]

Nah....watching too many movies leads to this kind of oatmeal-for-brains syndrome. Ebert is simply fat, dumb, and happy. Or perhaps I should say, Ebert is happy to be simple, fat, and dumb.

[yankeedame]

You'd think that a film critic would be able to recognize -- and avoid -- the use of cliche.

Yes, esp. when you consider that he's almost certainly in that upper most 1%.