Paper Clips

From: Philadelphia Weekly | Date: February 2, 2005| Author: Anonymous | Copyright information

After a Tennessee middle school class' successful attempt to commemorate the 6 million Jews who perished in the Holocaust by collecting 6 million paper clips, the students were highlighted in a piece for NBC Nightly News, where one can safely assume only the most cynical in the audience were left unmoved.

But with 10 times more screen time at their disposal, filmmakers Joe Fab and Elliot Berlin gain only that many more soiled hankies. The film plays like a puff piece stuck on infinite ...

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