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The Detroit News
The Detroit News
In “A Journal for Jordan,” director Denzel Washington fashions a romance so old-fashioned and teenage-crush giddy that it features a scene where the two main characters do the old “no, you hang up” bit from opposite ends of the phone line. That it works, that you can feel that these two truly do not want to get off the phone with each other, is a testament to Washington is able to build, schmaltzy though it may be. But that dizzying feeling of new romance can’t carry “A Journal for Jordan” over its rockier patches. It’s dotted with inconsistencies and generically staged, with a title device th…