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February 8, 2002

'Storytelling' shocks like a punk song

By TIM MOLLOY
Associated Press Writer

Many people think writer-director Todd Solondz's films are about outcasts and the heartbreaking things people do to them. They're not, and they wouldn't be so good if they were.

Like his previous films "Welcome to the Dollhouse" and "Happiness," Solondz's "Storytelling" looks unsentimentally at the heartbreaking things outcasts do to themselves. It's better by far than "Happiness" or "Dollhouse," both of which were remarkable.


 
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