| Paladin (II) | Release Date: September 23, 2011 | CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION | ||
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Ms. Nichols is consistently appealing in the kind of role Zooey Deschanel has pretty much cornered, and Philippe Rousselot's nighttime shots of highway tragedy are dreamily atmospheric. If only Roger Towne's screenplay had focused less on the metaphysical import of Lyman's savior impulses and more on the physical rewards of his salvaged life.
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Naturally, given the film's somewhat precious air of spiritualism, the
parroted phrase that speaks most clearly to Lyman is a quotation from
the book of Ecclesiastes that gives the film its title and gives Fiona
a chance to offer a blithely optimistic interpretation of that most
dour of Biblical books.
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