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‘Southland Tales’ Starts With Bang, Ends With Sensory-Overloading Whimper

Submitted by HollywoodChicago.com on November 17, 2007 - 4:50pm

HollywoodChicago.com Oscarman rating: 2.5/5 CHICAGO – Unlike the world, “Southland Tales” starts with a bang but ends with a whimper. Richard Kelly’s opus of a film is little more than sensory overload meant to look like a political statement on the state of privacy, the war, news, entertainment and celebrities.

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