'Unfinished Song' Review: Stamp and Redgrave Tune Up a Flat Melody

By Alonso Duralde LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - "Stockholm Syndrome" is a phenomenon in which kidnappers mentally overpower their victims, eventually making the hostages side with their captors. "Stepmom Syndrome," named for the shameless 1998 tear-jerker starring Susan Sarandon and Julia Roberts, occurs when manipulative movies pummel their audiences with so much emotional chicanery that viewers wind up reaching for their hankies, all the while knowing full well they've been played by a flimflamming director. ...



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