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Deep Impact Makes Shallow Impression

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by John Prizer, Register correspondent Saturday, May 30, 1998 11:00 PM Comment

Summer thriller is long on special effects, but comes up short on issues of morals and character

There are times when contemporary Hollywood seems good only at awesome, computer-generated special effects. Certain screenplays seem conceived merely as a way to exploit this technical expertise, with the product then dumped into several thousand theaters during the summer.

Deep Impact is such a...

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