Sympathy for Delicious: Film Review
9:00 AM PST 1/25/2010 by John DeFore
The Lord's ways are mysterious if not downright perverse in "Sympathy for Delicious," an unusual tale of miracles and self-doubt that marks the feature-directing debut of Mark Ruffalo.
PARK CITY -- The Lord's ways are mysterious if not downright perverse in "Sympathy for Delicious," an unusual tale of miracles and self-doubt that marks the feature-directing debut of Mark Ruffalo. Although not aimed at the conventional religious audience (its profanity and occasional images of debauchery rule that out), it is straight-faced enough about its metaphor-ready premise that marketing to secular viewers could be a challenge.
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