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By Sara Stewart (700) for New York Post (6,650) on 20 Sep 2012

Director Ben Hickernell soft-pedals the material into a blandly feel-good dramedy…

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By Carrie Rickey (1,198) for Philadelphia Inquirer (3,920) on 19 Sep 2012

Backwards - its title referring to the wisdom that life is lived forward but understood backward - has no forward propulsion…

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By Jeannette Catsoulis (1,537) for New York Times (5,786) on 19 Sep 2012

Pairing a dull romance with an even duller sport (at least as represented here), this cliché-ridden vanity project is more suited to the ABC…

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By Dustin Putman (2,479) for TheFilmFile.com (2,314) on 19 Sep 2012

Likable in spurts but too safe by a long stroke, Backwards would be right at home as a cable movie airing on ABC Family…

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By Sam Adams (514) for AV Club (2,778) on 19 Sep 2012

Thomas, credited as writer, producer, and executive producer, is the obvious auteur, orchestrating a star vehicle she lacks the screen presence…

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By Elizabeth Weitzman (1,905) for New York Daily News (5,623) on 19 Sep 2012

As her boss and boyfriend, an impressively good-natured James Van Der Beek adds a professional sheen to what otherwise feels like a vanity affair…

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By Michael Nordine (446) for Village Voice (8,525) on 18 Sep 2012

Subplots are introduced only to be resolved within minutes, characters jettisoned at a moment's notice…

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By Nick Schager (2,294) for Time Out (7,510) on 17 Sep 2012

The lesson here, apparently, is that driven women just need to lighten up and stop being selfish - a message that really does feel backward…

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By Tomas Hachard (101) for Slant Magazine (8,298) on 17 Sep 2012

Streamlines its busy set of plots and subplots into a 90-minute sprint, throughout which characters often confront and overcome their obstacles…

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