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groups of
characters. I found that like most soaps I liked some characters
and not others. And by the end I found the whole had become
tedious. It might have worked better as a TV series.
Critics have praised Cruise but I found his portrayal of
his character as off-putting as the character would be in
reality. Much more subtle is the episode between the police
officer and the drug addict. Two of the older characters are dying of
cancer, Earl Partridge (Jason Robards) and Jimmy Gator
(Philip Baker Hall). Partridge spents the whole film in bed.
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