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As film critics go, David Manning of Connecticut’s Ridgefield Press weekly was relatively easy to please. In 2001, Manning seemed to hold a special affinity for movies released by Sony-owned Columbia Pictures, including the Rob Schneider comedy The Animal, which Manning called “another winner!” Manning also had high praise for the mountain-climbing drama Vertical Limit (2001), the anachronistic medieval drama A Knight’s Tale (2001), and Paul Verhoeven’s Hollow Man(2000), which featured an invisible and nude Kevin Bacon.
Manning, in fact, could find nothing bad to say about any of Sony’s releases. His unthrottled praise was quoted in newspaper advertisements, where Sony hoped his effusiveness might compel moviegoers to purchase a ticket for the studio’s films.
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Remembering David Manning, Sony's Fictional Film Critic
Manning, in fact, could find nothing bad to say about any of Sony’s releases. His unthrottled praise was quoted in newspaper advertisements, where Sony hoped his effusiveness might compel moviegoers to purchase a ticket for the studio’s films.
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Remembering David Manning, Sony's Fictional Film Critic
