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Review of by Stephen Holden for The New York Times — 16 Aug 2016

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As this sweet, ineffectual comedy follows two sad sacks competing for the job of manager at a new branch of a Chicago grocery chain, it pointedly avoids the raucous bad-boy clowning of the typical Everyguy farce.

Think of it as a polite, tightly muzzled "Clerks.".

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This review of The Promotion (2008) was written by and published by The New York Times on 16 Aug 2016.

The Promotion has generally received mixed reviews.

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