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  1. Positive: 3 out of 13
  2. Negative: 4 out of 13
  1. 75
    The result is an actor's dream, a film in which the truth of almost every scene has to be excavated out of the debris of social inhibition.
  2. More problematical is the tone of the film, which attempts to be both compassionate and goofy, though the events are funny only if they are seen as farcical.
  3. The pace of the direction and-especially-of the screenplay by playwright-television writer John Kostmayer-begins to crawl, weighing down everything. [06 Apr 1990]
  4. 38
    Kasdan has inexplicably reduced flesh-and-blood characters to cartoons.

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  1. JamesH.
    7
    I loved this film, what a terrific cast. Joan Plowright is superb and hysterically funny! Well written, enjoyable throughout. I was always entertained. The cast really makes it work, and the offbeat casting works amazingly well. Nicely directed. Expand