It has a silly catchiness, as do the pop-culture references and sight gags.

NEWYORKER: Coneheads

That's not to say there aren't a few laugh-out-loud sight gags and a couple of good one-liners stolen by mama Kathy Bates.

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Cartoonlike sight gags conjure his memories and fantasies, running throughout the film as it leaps ahead in time and sketches a decade of experience with a sharp, novelistic yet wondrously comical audacity.

NEWYORKER: Le Grand Amour

Amidst the sight-gags, the slapstick (often literally), the absurd moments and hilarious quips, there is a scene that is transcendently important and deeply affecting.

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