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   <title>New Statesman - <![CDATA[Kate Gardner]]></title>
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   <title><![CDATA[We want love, actually]]></title>
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   <pubDate>Mon, 06 Sep 2004 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
   <dc:creator>Kate Gardner</dc:creator>
  
  <description><![CDATA[<p><em>The happy ending - Kate Gardner wonders why feature films are ditching the feel-good moment as the credits roll</em></p>

<p>These days, any film that concludes on a positive note is accused of being "Hollywood-ised", as if happiness were just not realistic. The preferred style of ending is non-committal, as exemplified by the cult hit Donnie Darko (2001). Given a chance to relive his past few months, the disaffected youth Donnie gives his life so that those he cares about can have happiness. He dies, but for positive reasons, which  <a href="http://www.newstatesman.com/200409060038">[...]</a></p>
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