Conference bookie::movies

160.0. "Watch It" by 7094::VALENZA (Nouvnote riche) Tue Apr 27 1993 09:27

    This film stars Peter Gallagher (the lawyer in "Sex, Lies, and
    Videotape"), as man who visits his estranged cousin in Chicago for the
    summer in the hopes of building a reconciliation.  Unfortunately, those
    hopes run into a roadblock in the form of a mutual love interest.  His
    cousin lives with a group of friends who, for many years, have had an
    ongoing history of playing practical jokes on one another--which
    provides the name of this film.  One thing all of the men in the story
    are forced to confront is their own problems with love and commitment.

    The film has some funny moments, but the previews tended to show most
    of them and gave the impression that this is a comedy, whereas I viewed
    this film as more of a drama.  One example of an amusing line involves
    Peter Gallagher's love interest asking him why men are such jerks.  He
    explains that he can't answer that because it is a closely guarded
    secret, and he could get in a lot of trouble for giving it away.

    This is a nice movie.  I'd give it 3 stars out of 4.

    -- Mike