Some scenes made me feel waves of despair or elation before I recognized I was mirroring the emotions in the game -- truly a sign of an immersive experience.

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Maybe moviegoers, understandably fed up with Hollywood's recent simulations of humanity, will sustain "She's So Lovely" on waves of nostalgia for a time--more the '60s than the '70s--when emotions seemed to matter more than anything in a world gone certifiably mad.

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