European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 17, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse To mtg Irown Alisan Porter plays a 9-year-old orphan and con artist in the comedy curly sue. Chuck Vinch staff writer it \ Mon ii curly sue rated pm must see Worth your time passable entertainment coming soon to a video outlet near you and you can wait Roger Ebert half of the film critic team of Siskel and Ebert says this movie ranks right up there with director John Hughes Best work. What he neglected to add is that a not saying much. Hughes has had his share of hits a such As the Saccharine Holiday film Home alone a but each of his efforts has become More repetitive and less original. This one is further proof of that slide. Its not hard to imagine Hughes musing to himself about How audiences ate up that Story about the trials and tribulations of a Little boy left on his own so Why not Recycle that Basic concept using. A Little girl the Little girl Here curly sue Alisan Porter Isnit completely on her own in this film but she has her share of adversity to Deal with. She and her adult Mentor Bill dancer James Belushi arc vagabonds who live off their wits and on the streets using various Low key con artist tricks. Bill for example pretends to get hit by a car and curly sue throws herself on his prostrate form bawling her Little eyes out to elicit sympathy from their Mark of the moment. They pull this con on gorgeous High powered attorney Grey Ellison Kelly Lynch who is single hates kids and is pretty much emotionally dead. But when curly sue turns on the waterworks Grey feels so guilty that she stakes them to a meal much to the displeasure of her arrogant and insufferable lawyer Boyfriend Walker Mccormick John Getz. Bill and curly sue figure that if it worked once it la work twice so he arranges to get flattened by Greys car again. This time she puts them up in her sumptuous apartment which seems to be the size of one of the Baltic nations. Curly sue begins to melt Greys heart Grey starts to fall for Bill and Well from that Point on you can pretty much figure out everything else that happens. If you can to just keep in mind that anything Short of a fairy talc ending is remotely alien to Hughes. The Guy is so transparent that you re conscious All the time of the emotions he a trying to engender. You think to yourself a ooh he wants me to laugh Here and Here he wants to tug my the result is that you leave the theater feeling More used than entertained. As a writer Hughes also fails miserably. For a purported comedy this film has precious few laughs. There a one 10-second sequence featuring a Quick succession of punches to various noses that will probably get a Giggle out of three stooges fans but mostly what a dished up is a heaping dose of tedium. It does no to help that Porter is a rather unappealing child actor. Belushi does his usual credible Han dog Schick and Lynch who until now has mostly had roles in forgettable films such As cocktail and roadhouse shows a modicum of Talent. But its a rare actor who can Rise above truly shoddy material and it certainly does no to happen Here. Curly sue is the kind of empty headed film that inevitably rakes in about a zillion Bucks but that does no to mean its any Good. It gets one 1 another you rated r. In this Madcap comedy a pathological Luis is released from a mental Hospital into the care of a con Man who is Lul tilling a Community service sentence. Cinc i ult Rich aril prior. A Illy Bathgate rated r. Dustin i Tollman and Nicole Kidman Star in this drama about gangster dutch Schultz s Early career. 1 lie film is an adaptation of . Doctorow s award winning novel. Douma Impact rated k. Jean c laude n an Damme plays twins in this fast act Ion martial arts film. One brother is a Laid Back Angeles karate teacher and the other is a rough edged smuggler. Also stars Sheldon . Harley Damaon a the Marlboro Man rated r. A philosophical biker and a Rodeo Tider team up to Rob the Bank that is foreclosing on their favorite hangout. Slais Mickey a Ouick and Don Johnson. Houma party 2 rated r. This sequel follows the Madcap adventures of rap group kid a Quot play As they Cross the threshold of adulthood. Play Hopes to find Fame in the music business while kill is off to College on a scholarship. Kid n play. Martin Lawrence. Mobster rated r. A look at famous mobsters Lucky Luciano Meyer Lansky. Bugs Siegel and prank costello on then Way to becoming legends during the period of llh7 through in my i. Christian Slater Patrick Dempsey. Point Brook rated r. A Young Phi agent investigating a siring of Bank robberies goes util Etcove among the Maverick fringe who surf the Southern California beaches lie meets a charismatic sin Lei who teaches him that if you want the ultimate thrill you have to Pav the ultimate i ice. Stars Patrick Swazzo and Keanu Reeves. Pure Luck rated p i. Private detective a guv Glover is hired to find an Accident i one heiress who disappeared in Mexico. Gloves thinks with the help of Martin Short an equally Kent a person they might be Able to figure out where she is. Provided that the old cliche Quot it takes one to know one Quot is True. A rag in Harlem rated r. A to Mukul of Gold in Harlem has the bad Guys against the really bad Guys in a mad scramble to gel the riches l ores Whitaker Robin Givens. Danny Glover Gregory Hines Zakocs Moke. Mum to Blue Lagoon rated it lit the theme of innocent so and Youthful discovery in a tropical Paradise is continued with Brian Krause playing the son of the original stranded couple. Also stars Lisa Dehkan and Mulla Jovovich. Rec Ochoa r ated r. A psychopathic escaped convict concocts an Ela Luai scheme to destiny the career character and family of the Man who imprisoned him. But the intended victim is not giving up without a Light Den Al Washington John Lull Gow. Robin Hood Princo of Thio Vos rated id it the ageless legend of Robin Hood is Given a fresh treatment As the Erool Sherwood i Oiesel and his merry men Battle the evil Shell of Nottingham. Kevin Cost net. Mozgai lineman Mary Mastrantonio. Alan Rickman. Tho Rock toot rated pm. A Young Pilot who finds a rocket pack is suddenly pursued by the mob feds nazis and its rightful owner Howard Hughes. Bill Campbell Alan Aikin i i Malhy dal Ion. 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