| a fun hughes classic |
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| written by alexjb |
February 9, 2005 - 11:24 PM PST |
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maybe it's the child-of-the-80s in me, but john hughes movies just seem to keep popping up as 'classics' in my mind. spirit-of-the-age sort of stuff.
it's simple plot, good lines- lots of great quotable one-liners, and some good physical comedy to boot. nothing complicated or mentally challenging, but nothing insultingly implausible either, and nothing that will force you to wince and say "what the hell? that's rediculous!!" ... except maybe the scene with the truck; but by then it's pretty far in, so you won't care... ;-)
candy and martin both have good timing, obviously, and they work well together. for those who care, this was at a point in steve martin's career when you might have expected him to be getting the laughs, especially the slapstick, but he plays it straight pretty well. |
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