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                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: SATURDAY, June 4, 1994                   TAG: 9406230037
SECTION: EXTRA                    PAGE: B-10   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: By Mike Mayo
DATELINE:                                 LENGTH: Short


DEVITO IS A CROWD-PLEASER

Penny Marshall has done it again.

In "Renaissance Man," she has taken a standard Hollywood formula, applied her own odd spin to it and come up with a film that will probably be a huge commercial hit. It's deeply flawed, but the second half settles down and comes to a rousing patriotic finish.


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