Smothered by the heart-on-sleeve melodramatics of the storytelling, which seems intent on leaving no cliche unused and pounding each of them home.
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This review of Ladder 49 (2004) was written by Frank Swietek and published by One Guy's Opinion on 27 Sep 2004.
Ladder 49 has generally received positive reviews.
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