[Suffers] from excessive sentimentality and the film finally fails to escape the conventions of the Hollywood cinema it so proudly deplores.
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This review of Chalk (1996) was written by Dave Kehr and published by New York Times on 13 Jan 2007.
Chalk has generally received positive reviews.
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