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‘Single All the Way’ review: Warmed over holiday movie tropes with a twist are still warmed over holiday movie tropes

Maybe it’s meaningful that straight people don’t have a lock on pleasantly dull holiday movies. I’m kind of serious when I say that! The freedom to be mediocre is underrated. And the warmed-over tropes in Netflix’s “Single All the Way” have the right kind of coziness to them, in this story about two guys who realize they’re in love. A subpar script shouldn’t really matter when we’re talking about a genre designed for

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