Visually, pic often is exhilarating, but it's shapeless and dragged down by corny, melodramatic characters and situations.
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This review of Backdraft (1991) was written by Variety Staff and published by Variety on 05 Feb 2008.
Backdraft has generally received positive reviews.
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