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Melodrama

AFI FEST 2012 Film Review: The Impossible (Dir. Juan Antonio Bayona USA/Spain 2012)

November 8, 2012 by Kathryn Schroeder

Natural disasters are easy prey for filmmakers wherein the melodrama is grown organically out of the true story the film portrays.  This is usually their downfall, as the events and performances are so over-the-top and seeping with mushiness that they get thrown onto a Cable Network and forgotten–all for the best.  Then there is one […]

Filed Under: AFI FEST, Entertainment, Film Festival, Movies, Uncategorized Tagged With: 2012, Melodrama, Rants & Raves, Spain

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