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Warren Beatty and Annette Benning in a mild love story. The reason to see this film is a 10 minute cameo by Katherine Hepburn. Her acting career now spans over 60 years and her performance here is wonderful. A critic called this film a "shameless tearjerker". That's an overstatement. Terry doesn't die of cancer, or die at all, for that matter. And no one cries when Auntie buys the farm. My criticism is that the film suffers from what Eudora Welty described as the problem of lovers - they're boring. Annette Benning is one of those great contemporary actresses like Kathleen Turner, who has more exhuberance and range than modern Hollywood can handle. She tears up "The Grifters". She glows in this film, but the material is flat. Brian
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| 697.1 | Yep, I liked it. | REGENT::WOODWARD | I'll put this moment...here | Tue Apr 18 1995 12:29 | 8 |
A great rental: old-fashioned mushy love story.
Nice lighting throughout. I noticed the close-ups of Warren were treated
carefully as not to reveal his true age.
I loved seeing Kate Hepburn again.
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| 697.2 | SUFRNG::WSA038::SATTERFIELD | Close enough for jazz. | Wed Jun 07 1995 13:26 | 20 | |
This is the third version of this film. The first (_Love Affair_. '38-'39?) starred Irene Dunne and Charles Boyer and was well done but is rather dated now. The second (_An Affair to Remember_ '53) starred Deborah Kerr and Cary Grant with Maria Ouspenskaya as the grandmother and was easily the best, imo. This latest version has the weakest acting and is the best looking. Why was the grandmother part changed to an aunt? Many people have praised Katherine Hepburn, I think this is mostly a result of who she is and her age rather than an objective opinion of her performance. I thought it was pretty weak and almost painful at times. Nowhere near as good as Maria Ouspenskaya's, she just doesn't appear to be physically capable of it anymore, regrettably. But it was nice to see her acting again. One plus this time around was that Annette Bening is by far the most beautiful Terry of the three. Randy | |||||
| 697.3 | Cheers for Kate: | MAL009::RAGUCCI | Wed Jun 14 1995 16:59 | 12 | |
re.2
with "4" oscars to her credit I don't think Kate really
cares. She is one of the best!
ps. I have no desire to see Love Affair, you are right, the
2nd re-make is good.
Bob
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