But I fell for this one . . . Writer-director Thomas Bezucha lays it on thick, but he knows the mad-dog anarchy of family life and gives the laughs a sharp comic edge ."
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Conniving Susannah ( Marcia Gay Harden ) and her sidekick Rebecca ( Lauren Holly ) lay it on thick and are amply rewarded; earnest Claudia ( Julie Cox ) thinks it unseemly, so she's cut off.
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But he lays it on thick when explaining that the Post " asserted the importance of human emotions in the affairs of the world " and insisting that the tabloid " emphasis on individual accountability " instilled discipline in American society.
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Director and co-writer Jessie Nelson, who also co-wrote the soggy " Stepmom " and " The Story of Us, " in which Pfeiffer co-starred, lays it on thick _ especially during the courtroom scenes, in which everyone who takes the witness stand eventually is reduced to tears.
