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    'Modern Love' Is An Uneven Tour Of New York Romance

    Amazon's adaptation of the "Modern Love" column from the New York Times boasts a big, interesting cast. The stories, on the other hand, aren't so great.
    by Linda Holmes Oct 19, 2019 3 minutes
    Dev Patel and Catherine Keener star in one episode of Amazon's <em>Modern Love</em>.

    It is both a positive and negative attribute of the anthology series that it tends to be uneven. Black Mirror is, the new Twilight Zone was, Room 104 is. And now, Amazon is presenting an eight-episode series based on the loved, hated, and love-to-hated New York Times column Modern Love. Created by John Carney, who directed Once and Sing Street, it is — of course — uneven.

    The column has a cozy (or is

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