| Title: | Movie Reviews and Discussion |
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| Created: | Thu Jan 28 1993 |
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Geena Davis and Michael Keaton in an adult romantic comedy. They play political campaign speech writers from opposing sides. The story was apparently inspired by the Mary Matlin/Jim Carvel (sp?) romance. I have great respect for both actors, but the script doesn't do them justice. At points I sensed they knew this too, that they were perhaps in the middle of a bad film and had to overcome this fear by hard work and concentration. It's a chore. The script fails to present a credible romance and resorts to a string of gags and off-the-shelf gimics. The car scene was a straight rip- off from an old Fellini film. In another intimate encounter, Davis and Keaton have to do an improv skit about uncontrolled "snort" laughing. The ackwardness reminded me of the Meg Ryan diner scene in "When Harry Met Sally". Brian
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| 724.1 | Thumbs down | TROOA::TRP109::Chris | shirley you jest (a.d.c.m.s.) | Tue Dec 20 1994 20:04 | 10 |
FWIW - I was very disappointed in this movie. The dialogue was pretty boring and the ending was lame. Too bad, because I *did* think that Davis and Keaton has chemistry and the movie had potential. ** out of ***** Chris | |||||
| 724.2 | One of my all-time favorites | TNPUBS::NAZZARO | We're 4th and movin' up! | Thu Dec 29 1994 15:56 | 5 |
For a much better Geena Davis movie, rent "Quick Change" with Bill
Murray and Randy Quaid. The movie is hilarious and she is stunningly
beautiful in it.
NAZZ
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| 724.3 | HO-HUM | SWAM2::SMITH_MA | Wed Jan 11 1995 12:54 | 6 | |
Saw this one last night. Medoicre at best. Geena Davis and Renny
Harlin (her husband) were co-exec-producers on this project so I'm
truly disappointed that it wasn't better. I agree with .0 and .1 in
that the script was beneath both actors. Predictable and contrived.
MJ
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| 724.4 | BUSY::SLABOUNTY | A Parting Shot in the Dark | Mon Jun 03 1996 13:08 | 3 | |
For a schlocky romantic comedy, I thought it was pretty good.
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