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FLAGG OF OUR FATHERS In Raising, Arkin (pictured with Richard Kind) revisits a role he played two decades ago
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Limited Release: Feb 02, 2007; Rated: PG-13; Length: 102 Minutes; Genre: Comedy; With: Alan Arkin and Lauren Holly
C+
Lisa Schwarzbaum
Lisa Schwarzbaum is a film critic for EW
When viewer attention wanders — and it will — in this slack, homespun synthetic yarn about an ornery Oregon handyman (Alan Arkin) who takes to bed in a fit of woebegone peevishness, meditate on this: The coot's wife is played by Barbara Dana, who was married to Arkin for decades; they made Raising Flagg after they divorced. And the two played the same characters 20 years ago in A Matter of Principle, also directed by Neal Miller and co-written by Miller and his wife. Too bad the offscreen intrigue doesn't make up for what flags in Flagg. C+
Posted Feb 02, 2007
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