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'The Perfect Storm' Is Just Soggy, but 'The Patriot' Is a Betrayal

By STEVE VINEBERG

Movies disappoint us all the time, and in a wide variety of ways. But the two big releases for the Fourth of July weekend, The Perfect Storm and The Patriot -- blockbusters that dominated the early discussion of summer-moviegoing prospects -- demonstrate the difference between letting down your viewers and breaking faith with them....

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