Jesse Dylan’s really bad TV commercials

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So far, Jesse Dylan, son of a certain legendary musician, has demonstrated some aptitude for directing commercials (from high-fashion Tommy Hilfiger and Barneys spots to the high-concept Match.com spot with the pantomime bear at the beach and the Nino Rota music) but little feel for movies (How High, the execrable American Wedding). He gets to do both in his latest project, the Universal Pictures feature film Kicking & Screaming—which includes intentionally bad TV spots for a sporting-goods chain owned by a Great Santini-like character played by Robert Duvall.

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