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OSCARS DEATH RACE: CHICO AND RITA

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I wish I had seen what other reviewers did in "Chico & Rita." The word "dazzling" keeps coming up, but I was not dazzled. …Well, not by the film, whose plot is the old "boy meets girl / girl gets in naked catfight with other girl / boy wins girl back / girl leaves for New York / boy gets deported" tale of star-crossed musicians in a bygone era.
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  • February 20, 2012 6:59 AM
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