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75The story line sounds plain and simple, but the movie is enlightened by Bernie's impassioned narration and by a gallery of small comic details.
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75It's labeled a "true-ish story," and the results are cheeky fun.
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75In the end, though, Weiland ("Made of Honor") pours so much heart into his autobiographically "true-ish" story that accessibility is a nonissue.
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The movie's climax is enough to provoke genuine tears, and not just from fans of the West Germany squad.
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You don't have to be Jewish to enjoy Sixty Six, but it probably wouldn't hurt.
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You don't have to be Jewish to appreciate its genuine fondness for the claustrophobic warmth of family life among working-class people apprehensively inching their way toward upward mobility.
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50On the plus side is a good cast, including Eddie Marsan and Helena Bonham Carter as Bernie's hapless parents and Stephen Rea as a sympathetic doctor.
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50Though inspired by Weiland's own childhood, the film's plot sticks close to the underdog's coming-of-age formula and is marred by young Bernie's gratingly self-pitying voice-over.
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50Charts a sentimental struggle toward manhood with period-appropriate charm.
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50While mazel tovs are due for efficient playing and execution, predictable script seldom scores big laughs.
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Instead of depicting a boy's first steps toward manhood -- ceremony aside -- it turns into an uninvolving portrait of self-absorption.
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