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From: The Birmingham Post (England)
Date: 20001130
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Byline: Richard Edmonds

You would have to be particularly hard-hearted not to shed a tear at certain moments of this variable American imported interpretation of the well-known book by Frances Hodgson Burnett.

The sentimental elements of the original plot are played to the full, particularly the sequences where Colin, a sick little boy with a mysterious spinal injury (which is, as it happens, non-existent) leaves his wheelchair to walk. This magical ...

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