I hate the fact that you can ruin a movie for another person by praising it and lifting their expectations. Expectations are central to our opinions of art and specifically film, and it seems like there are very few films that can live up to elevated expectations. Those films should be credited for their ability to stand up to that pressure, but other films that suffer from raised expectations shouldn't necessarily be judged harshly as a result. The question as a reviewer is whether or not such a dynamic should affect the review. My sense is no, and that the review should be as honest as possible, unintended consequences be damned, but I wouldn't blame another for taking a more intentionally reserved approach.
That said,
here we go....
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