The movie contrives to send him back to Neverland, where he rediscovers his former identity and does battle with his old nemesis, Captain Hook (Dustin Hoffman).

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Some, however, are as watchable in their own way as the films on which they're based, and every once in a while a remake actually contrives to improve on its model.

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There's an understated delicacy in Rattigan's treatment of the relationships between the characters, and he contrives to capture all the drama of the courtroom, though the scene never moves from the Winslows' Kensington drawing room.

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The screenplay, by Gary Ross, contrives to put Dave in the Oval Office, where he poses as the President and allows himself (initially) to be manipulated by the crafty White House chief of staff (Frank Langella).

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Without charisma, she contrives to shine.

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