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Missed Opportunity
PostedFebruary 7, 2010
theFinnlander
from Omaha
Dear John is a case of missed opportunities by Lasse Hallstrom, the film's director. The very beginninng of the movie was a perfect set up for the father-son relationship which was far from developed. Had it been, that's where the first kleenex would have been brought out. Tatum and Seyfried did their best with their on-screen time but the depth of their relationship was undeveloped as well. It would have benn more effective to carve an emotional chasm between the two and have one die (to bring out the second kleenex) but instead the ending just appears out of nowhere. That must have been the time Bowen & Godfrey, the producers, cut off the money supply. No tears from this family's viewing...
No, I do not recommend this movie.
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