Review of Backdraft (1991) by Rick Groen for The Globe and Mail (Toronto) — 11 Jun 2010
The flames sure look real, but everything else in Backdraft, director Ron Howard's inflatable ode to firefighters, seems about as genuine as a plastic log in an electric hearth. Howard's particular type of schmaltz works well enough in small dabs on comic canvases (Splash, Cocoon, even Parenthood), but pumped up to heroic proportions, the sentimentality is just plain silly - in this case, cheap melodrama on a two-hour jag.
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This review of Backdraft (1991) was written by Rick Groen and published by The Globe and Mail (Toronto) on 11 Jun 2010.
Backdraft has generally received positive reviews.
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