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June 13, 2003
Murder mystery is dead on arrival
By ANTHONY BREZNICAN
AP Entertainment Writer
AP Entertainment Writer
If "Hollywood Homicide" were a crime -- and it's close -- then its makers would be arrested for assault with a deadly dull thriller. Although they could probably plead to a lesser count of attempted comedy.
Who are the guilty parties? The ringleader is Harrison Ford, who has the talent and star power to turn this into something original, but shuffles and grimaces like a shackled convict in his role as a police detective who moonlights selling real estate.
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