Despite a game cast and decent gags, Home Sweet Home Alone is kind of sour
The ensemble really is quite good, but they’re let down by a poor script that insists on a moral it doesn’t do the work to earn.
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Alone Together is a simple, sweet rom-com
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Ahsoka mostly sticks its landing with Part 8
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