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In Lynn Shelton's moving drama 'Outside In,' Jay Duplass is poignant as an ex-con in love

One of the bittersweet recurring images we see in "Outside In," Lynn Shelton's sharp and stirring new drama, is of a man riding his bicycle. Chris (Jay Duplass), a scruffily handsome 38-year-old, has just returned to his sleepy Pacific Northwest hometown after two decades in prison, having received a mandatory minimum sentence for a crime he didn't commit. Riding his bike feels like both a blissful assertion of his newfound freedom and something of a sad throwback to his teenage

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