Bureau of Cinematique Spectacular

While I am intimately familiar with the former, I have never even seen the musical, nor am I even remotely familiar with the details of the story. I found that A.O. Scott's review in the New York Times nailed this movie exactly - the movie is very loose, and often starts to veer into zany cheesiness, but it never gets off the rails because of the sheer emotional weight of the story. The cast was excellent, although sometimes a bit old. Not exactly a feel-good movie, but not a total waste.
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