European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 28, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse What a it about Alice rated pg-13. As they did for Lewis Carrolls Little girl things just keep getting curio user and curio user for Alice Mia Farrow the heroine of Woody Allens captivating comic fantasy about a pampered Manhattan wife at a turning Point in her life. A backache sends her to an affably mysterious doctor Keye Luke who prescribes a series of herbs that have some most unusual Side effects. A blend of whimsy and one liners the movie offers a devastating satire of certain upper crust upper East siders while tripping the Light fantastic a la the mile High jewish Mother Iri a a new York Farrow brings her Radiant inventiveness to what is essentially the Woody role and the top notch supporting cast ranges from a ghostly Alec Baldwin to Joe Mantegna As a would be suitor. True the movie wimps out at the end As if Woody Felt compelled to spell out what he a already told us but on its own slight terms its utterly beguiling. Awakenings rated pg-13. A moving compassionate Triumph of a movie about life a radiance and agony. Based on a True Story the film has Robin Williams As a neurologist and Robert de Niro As one of the catatonic patients he awakens after decades in a coma. Book of love rated pg-13 Here a one teen comedy set in the �?T50s that a got the moves and attitudes just right. Sweet and funny starring likable Chris Young the film is All but stolen by Tricia Leigh Fisher As an italian american girl who says a a ainu to and drops her Gas but knows the score. The five heartbeats rated a although its a heartbeat a or two a away from being the movie it could have been this Saga of the Rise and fall of a dells like Doo Wop group is nonetheless remarkably likable. Robert Townsend Hollywood shuffle has tackled nothing less than the legend of motown following a fictional group from their struggling Days in the �?T60s to their sadder but Wiser present. The movies main flaw is that Townsend and co writer Keenan Ivory Wayans take this already Rich material and overload it. Events Are so crowded on top of each other a drugs murder sibling rivalry cheating record execs a that the characters barely have time to breathe. Or develop. But Over All an engaging if incomplete chronicle. Green card rated pg-13. If you re in a forgiving lazily romantic mood Peter weirs Pinnoc. Sously Sweet opposites attract comedy Romance will suit you just Fine. And its Star Gerard Depardieu will sweep you off your feet. He a a Devil May care Frenchman who wants a Green card. Andie. Macdowell is a demure american Horticulturist who wants a Manhattan greenhouse. A wedding. Band will help them both so they agree to a marriage of convenience. What they done to count on is a suspicious immigration service. Suddenly two people who have barely set eyes on each other have two Days to manufacture a Mutual past. Worse they discover they can to stand one another. The movie itself is a glorified sitcom with a few flashes of genuine wit and Charm. But Depardieu is a wonder a tireless determined and utterly irresistible. I the a rafters rated r. Exhilarating and sordid and As uncompromising As a rigged Shell game. Stephen Frears smashing film based on Jim Thomp. Songs noir cult novel is All angles and we Don t mean camera placement. The movies Trio of Crafty con artists Are Lily Anjelica Huston who places bets for a much feared mobster Pat Hingle her son Roy John Cusac who pulls Penny Ante scams on Barkeep and Drunken sailors and roys girl Myra Annette Beninga Sharp eyed dish who comes on like a Ditz but is nobody a fool. The plot is essentially a tug of War Oyer Roy Between two women Cut from the same crooked cloth. Frears has created an insular nether world of Larcelous nuance and Sleazy panache bolstered by a sly Gallows humor. His movie is pitch dark and pitch perfect. The entire cast is impeccable but the film belongs a to Huston a a modern Day medea with a cheating heart and a chisel re a soul. Wuttig is pretty awful As a Boozy actress and Annette Bening is wasted As an cd life. Martin scor Sec does the smart thing cast As a Joseph Losey. Like director he gets out Early and spends the rest of the movie in London. He said she said rate dog. Although it tries desperately to evoke the classic sparring cub pie comedies of the �?T40s, at Best this is a Tracy Hepburn movie As dreamed up by a pre teen who had Odd on sitcoms. Kevin Bacon and Perkins play battling lovers who Are also Point counterpoint commentators a first at a newspaper then on television the movie s gimmick is that its divided into two parts directed by two different directors Ken Kwapis does Bacons version of the evolution of their relationship then his real life affectionate other Marisa Silver does Perkins Side. Their conflicting reminiscences arc a maddening clump of gender cliches. No insights Are gained from the his hrs relationship Isnit enhanced its merely stretched out. Both stars Are engaging actors but there a Only so much they cart do with such disappointingly inert and predictable material. Wait for the video. The Nove rending Story la the next chapter rated pm the further adventures of. Bastian Balthazar Bux Jonathan Brandis in the fabulous land of fantasia. Directed by George Miller of Man from snowy River Fame. Also on the Bill Box office bugs the first bugs Bunny theatrical cartoon in 26 years. Twentieth a Naify Foa Michael Wright is the Lead Singer Eddie King jr., of a the five Onca around rated r. In this offbeat crisply original Serio comedy Lasse Hallstrom my life As. A dog turns his Eye to a Loving indissoluble Boston family Strong parents Danny Aiello and Gena Rowlands daughters Holly Hunter and Laura san Giacomo and son Danton Stone. This close knit group almost comes apart when Hunter Falls in love with Rich cheerfully vulgar real estate tycoon Richard Dreyfuss who wants to take the whole family Over emotionally. A few Story Points May not stand close scrutiny yet Hallstrom a a cloying Point of View and the Beautiful ensemble performances More than compensate for these glitches. Guilty by suspicion rated pg-13. This sincere but deadening by didactic film about the Hollywood blacklist is partially redeemed by Robert de Niros unflinching portrayal of a director caught up in the House in american activities committees Witch Hunt when he refuses to name names. After de Niros fall from Grace a from Zanuck a Golden boy to being barred from the Fox lot a the movie. Meanders around until the inevitable session with the committees goons. The scene is a doozy thanks to de Niro. But its a Socko finale to a so so movie. The evocation of Early �?T50s Hollywood is the Best thing in the film a lunch at the Brown Derby and Howard Hawks on the phone George Wendt is pretty predictable As de Niros writer pal Patricia out for Justice rated r. Steven Seagal kicks butt in Brooklyn As a policeman out to get the Guy who got his Friend. Are these plots All beginning to sound exactly the same / Popcorn rated a ingenious Little horror picture in which a maniac strikes during an All night horror movie festival in a grand old movie Palace an amusing knowing homage to exploitation pictures. With Jill Schoelen Tom Villard Dee Wallace Stone Tony Roberts and Ray Walston. Scenes from a mall rated r. Paul Mazurs Kyd a comedy drama stars Woody Allen and Bette Midler As a successful . Couple whose marriage busts up during a shopping spree in the Beverly Center. The comic premise a As mall a is highly promising but the film never takes off. Toy soldiers rated r. When commandos take an entire prep school hostage to secure a South american drug lords release from jail a resourceful group of students provides the Only Hope. Lou Gossett jr., Sean Astin Wil Wheaton and Denholm Elliott these Are Short reviews from wire services and staff writer Chuck Vinch of films coming on the cafes theater circuit in May and Early june. A save this Page we expect to run a set of Revi West Ethis about once a month for you to save and consult when you want to know a a what a it about Quot a lengthy review of this weeks premiering movie is featured on Page 19. Locations and times for movies on the cafes circuit can be found on pages 18 and 19.april 28, 1991 sunday a Page 17
