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Review of by Pauline Kael for The New Yorker — 26 Aug 2001

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It's piddling -- a hangdog little comedy with not enough laughs...its spirit rattles around inside it like a marble in an oil drum.

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This review of Ishtar (1987) was written by and published by The New Yorker on 26 Aug 2001.

Ishtar has generally received mixed reviews.

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