Among other things, the movie is a tender-dirty love song to women, who, Harvey says, have been scandalously neglected by the hip-hop performers.

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The strongest elements are the descriptions of working-class life and the tender portrayal of maternal and filial love.

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Those who were treated to his self-deprecating and infectious humor and to his tender other-directedness would never forget the love he gave so freely.

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When she is kidnapped on a trip to Paris, he tracks her down, taking the opportunity to combine his two favorite cultural interests: tender paternal love and indiscriminate homicide.

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It wasn't until he recorded a version of "Love Me Tender" with a Chinese jazz vocalist that the wheels in his head started to turn.

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Jazz pianist Cyrus Chestnut and pop icon Elvis Presley aren't a likely pairing: Chestnut is one of the top pianists of a generation born many years after songs like "Love Me Tender, " "Hound Dog" and "Don't Be Cruel" made Presley the king of rock 'n' roll.

NPR: Cyrus Chestnut: Reinventing Elvis

Through it all, Smith attempts to stage a tender love story Rogen, bearded and then clean-shaven, looks at the lovely Banks like a beatific bull.

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