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According to Paul Attanasio, " he richness of Sherman's March comes from the way McElwee, in his roundabout way, completes the portrait of Sherman he originally set out to achieve "; but " he chief problem is that, at 2½ hours, it's about an hour too long.

It's as if the very weakness, the retiring politeness, that has made McElwee such an interesting comic character has also made him a crummy editor of his own film — like the women who mostly reject him, you don't really want to spend your life with him.

United by theme rather than story, " Sherman's March " doesn't progress, it only deepens.

And at epic length, the film's poor technical quality wears you out.