Review of Love & Taxes (2015) by Gary Goldstein for Los Angeles Times — 09 Mar 2017

Love & Taxes is an amusing, endearing trifle.

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This review of Love & Taxes (2015) was written by Gary Goldstein and published by Los Angeles Times on 09 Mar 2017.

Love & Taxes has generally received mixed reviews.

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