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Midwest fable as sweet and simple as its name

BY BLAKE GOBLE
Daily Arts Writer
Published February 19, 2007

Sometimes earnestness is enough.

To be sure, "Sweet Land" is about many things. It's about respect for heritage and elders. It's about language as a struggle. It's about love, in a rare and incorruptible form. But most important, it adds up simply to a delightful and comforting experience.

Told as an elongated flashback, "Sweet Land" reminisces upon a Minnesota couple's first meeting and the importance of their bond on future generations. Inga (Elizabeth Reaser, "Stay") arrives in the United States in 1920, a German