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| Warner Bros. | Release Date: February 3, 1989 |
Starring:
Bill Smitrovich, Hurd Hatfield, James Farentino, Patrick Wayne, Paulina Porizkova, Ronald Guttman, Tess Harper, Tom Selleck, Victor Argo, William Daniels
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It's a breezy piece of fluff that moves along rapidly and has a few good twists, the kind of comedy that would have been called a summer movie not too many years ago. It also has Paulina Porizkova, who adds a lot of charm, a winning smile and an adequate delivery in a role that is so implausible as to be ridiculous. But if you look at the actress and don't try to make sense of her actions or her lines, that's enough suspension of disbelief to make Her Alib' almost work. [3 Feb 1989, p.3G]
For such a clumsy and (I'll bet) likely-to-be-panned comedy, Her Alibi has its moments - more, certainly, than its painfully silly trailer suggests. [3 Feb 1989, p.4D]
Her Alibi isn't a tremendous movie. But it's pleasant and entertaining in a corny, old-fashioned way. [3 Feb 1989, p.10]
Selleck's persona can seem coherent and mildly pleasant in the airless, miniature world of series television, but when he walks into the larger, more physical world of movies he melts away. There's too great a disparity between his bulk and his whining delivery, and he carries himself awkwardly on screen, as if he knew he was taking up too much space. [3 Feb 1989, p.A]
THERE'S NO excuse for Her Alibi. A hyphenated hybrid like this - romance-
comedy-thriller - demands a lot of stirring; if nothing else (and there
rarely is much else), it must at least be smooth, colorful and easy on the
palate. Instead, the stuff here goes down like lumpy porridge on a grey
morning.[3 Feb 1989]
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