Review of Back Roads (1981) by Joy Gould Boyum for Wall Street Journal — 03 May 2010
No, this time out, the "Star Wars" enterprise isn't anywhere as enjoyable as the original...One might argue that all this represents a gain, adding to the original, sophistication, richness, depth.
But truth to tell, these developments seem little more than inappropriate. To place internal struggles within one-dimensional characters who by definition have no interior is absurd; just as it also seems misguided to take such frothy stuff as the "Star Wars" saga and attempt to give it substance and weight.
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This review of Back Roads (1981) was written by Joy Gould Boyum and published by Wall Street Journal on 03 May 2010.
Back Roads has generally received mixed reviews.
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