Review of Love Comes Lately (2007) by Stan Hall for Oregonian — 28 Aug 2008

A unique, weird and mostly wonderful film.

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This review of Love Comes Lately (2007) was written by Stan Hall and published by Oregonian on 28 Aug 2008.

Love Comes Lately has generally received mixed reviews.

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