She tries to "keep things light and funny" and use non-sequiturs, which seem to get people's attention.

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Not only is Tyson feisty and funny and glowing with inner light, but her co-stars prove more than compelling: Vanessa Williams is politely savage as her preening daughter-in-law, icy without becoming a dragon.

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People always have turned to movies during hard times, Basinger said, but it's oversimplifying to say light or funny narratives will succeed in a recession and serious subject matter won't.

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But Braff, who also wrote and directed, keeps the tone light with some very funny homecoming scenes.

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