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Weekend Film Reviews

Sweet Words, Cheerless Music

Hosted by Joe Morgenstern Feb. 25, 2022 Entertainment
A new "Cyrano" with Peter Dinklage has much to recommend it, but the film is diminished by a dreary score and banal songs.

A new "Cyrano" with Peter Dinklage has much to recommend it, but the film is diminished by a dreary score and banal songs.

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