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Virgil Bliss
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- Starring: Clint Jordan, Kirsten Russell
- Summary: Virgil Bliss is a man obsessed with living a normal life, finding a good job, marrying a decent woman, and building a family of his own. The only problem, however, is that Virgil is a recently paroled career thief with a hair-trigger temper and the social skills of a child. (P-Kino Films)
- Director: Joe Maggio
- Genre(s): Drama, Romance, Crime
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Positive: 6 out of 10
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Mixed: 3 out of 10
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Negative: 1 out of 10
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Although some of the secondary roles are awkwardly acted, the leads are impressive.
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80It is enough of an act of optimism just to raise the specter of heroic nobility, something that Virgil Bliss accomplishes with subtlety and poignancy.
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60Virgil's naïveté isn't entirely believable, but his essential goodness is, thanks to a solid performance by Jordan, and that's really what makes this modern urban tragedy unusually affecting.
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30Jordan and Kirsten Russell, as the deadbeat-hooker love interest, bring the film to intermittent life, suggesting several more dimensions than the stale, futile scenario ever allows them.
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Positive: 3 out of 3
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Mixed: 0 out of 3
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