European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 16, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse Chuck Vinch staff write Ron m \ ii shining through rated r Melanie Griffith and Liam Neeson Star in the world War 11 drama shining through. Rough enough time negotiating the office Steno Pool in working girl she Sall wrong for the role of Linda Voss a jewish Irish Secretary from the Bronx who has two fantasies a dropping into Berlin to Rescue her jewish relatives and getting it on with her Boss lawyer lil Ward Michael Douglas. Her fascination with stems from such quirks As the Way he disappears for Long periods and the Way he peppers his correspondence with references to a turnips Quot and Quot sea Linda thinks she has it figured out. Quot you re a spy or. ,&Quot she Coos at him. Griffith can speak with Only one intonation a cooing denies it but when Pearl Harbor explodes he is unmasked As a full fledged colonel in the office of strategic services the wartime forerunner of the Cia. And just As they were beginning to strike romantic Sparks together too. But their paths Cross again when one of 1 Eland s key operatives in Germany is killed. Linda immediately jumps at the Chance to work undo recover As a Domestic in the Home of a High nazi official to photograph secret plans Lor a bomb that can Fly by Lor the record that s the v 2 rocket not this movie. Of course the script requires to drop in to Rescue her when things go awry a scene that culminates in a shoot a aaa a a a Musi see Worth your Lime passable entertainment coming soon 10 a video outlet near you and you can Wail say you re making a world War ii movie and you have a Pari Tor a woman who must go behind enemy lines and into the very heart of nazi Germany on a spying Mission. Whom would you pick for the role personally id Send in Sigourney Weaver even if she weren to armed with one of those pulse rifles she used to take out about 400 creatures in aliens. But Nix Roooto. Writer director David Seltzer sends Melanie Griffith into the fray. Huh she of the soft Blond curls and Betty Bookish voice someone who had a 20th Century Fox out at the German Border in which Swiss troops fire on the nazis. And All these years we thought those Guys were Neutral. The actors tire hampered by the druggy and unintentionally funny script that gives Griffith howler lines. Quot Here taste my strudel Quot Linda implores , leaning toward him seductively. Later she says with straight face Quot but , what a a War for if not to hang on to what we love Quot and wait until you hear her Call out Quot Hail Hitler Quot a it la Knock you out of your chair. On top of that you get the increasingly popular Hollywood Schick of voice Over narration in which an elderly Linda re counts her wartime adventures for a by documentary. This entails having her cd Plain such Fine Points about the War As the fact that the bombing of London was called Quot the lets give the audience a Little credit or. Seltzer. Douglas is his usual solid stolid self Al though he seems a bit sheepish about some of the More outlandish plot twists he is forced to navigate with Griffith. But there s nothing he can really do sell zeros voc Long and Overly irritating film fails to achieve the eager earnestness of the old Hollywood War films. In fact it fails on Many Levels so much so that even two big Box office names can to make it Worth More than one stars i i m k i i a s an american to Ltd Flevel on West rated g t he animated return of lovable rodent Lias i level heading into the a Tui West to become .1 Lough Lawman. V Oices by Lolin i Csc. Ivy Ivi use and James St wait. Billy Bathgate haled k Dustin Holtman and Nicole Kidman in this about gangster Hutch so lilt s Eatlo 1 he it Lin is an adapt lion of i i. Doctorow s award winning novel Boyt n the mood hated h in the ghetto Hie is concentrated on a Vival this movie takes von into such a neigh boyhood to locus on the Elloit sol the voting people who want to use above the crime and violence slats Lee cube and Cuba . The Butcher s wife hated i la id Penn nto Oie is a Lii ski clairvoyant and jell is a disc lick my in this to Manlic comedy. Mats Stycn Burgin slimes in a Small Tole As a Diah Chute i choir teacher with an Antic child s ploy 3 Halevi h Imek. The Mons ious Little doll returns again to tenon a unsuspecting victims. Andy the Little Hov. Is now tumbled in year old in a militate lust Vav halt. In Corv Reeves. Deceived k Alvel r i list uni a new Yolk Book editor ctl0\s a petted Hie until Sci husband is a patently killed m a eat a tick Ami she stalls Limimg out about his past now she is m Dang i Oklie hawn. John Cleant. Ernest scored stupid rated in a comedy i i Ned a halloween is mined when he releases a Tiee troll who has been entombed Loi a h1 veats the wicked troll tries to East an evil spell on i Roesl s Hometown. Sims Jim \ Sinev. Millia kill. The Fisher King rated r i list Tun an outspoken radio announcer Falls lion Powei and ends up on the sheets of new Voik where he Linvs love Ami the Deeiel of the a islet King Robin Williams. Jell Bridges Amanda in Limiter. Mercedes Ruehl. Frankie a Johnny rated r Puma rills Teal is tie love Story involves a shot older look Ami a waitress m a sew x Ork us timer Irving to Cope with the Universal problems of love loneliness so Ami sell esteem. Stars Al in ammo. Michelle pm Ciller fx2 the deeply Art of illusion rated in to i v a sequel to the i is i Hollcr la run blown Ami a Penn Chi Are Hack As the a Vocial Ellets win Ami his Vale Teetie pal. I his Lime Uliey in on a twisted Trail that includes co Imp police Ami once less Sto Len medallions. The he men ruled r Chuck Nott is plans a cop who goes Lillei Sovei As a Seattle drug Loival s tight hand Man. In Between shootouts with other mobsters trying to muscle in on his Boss s Terri torn Norris coaches a Nice Black kill m the Manly arts. House Porty 2 Kletl k i Lus Sci incl follows the Madcap adventures of rap group kid n in Lay As they Cross the threshold of adulthood. In Lav Hopes to incl lame in the music business while kid is Oil to College on a schol ship kid n in lev Maitin i a re Nee. Inner Circle rated pm i v the lust Western film Ever allowed to be shot inside the Kieth pm views historic events through the Eves of a Loyal citizen who becomes Stalin s incl alter being assigned As his personal projectionist Sims lout Lii acc Ami i o Lita Davidovich. Jungle fever rated k a Middle class Alec in american has Mallaig with Lus italian american Secretary causing conto Versy Between their inn lies Ami neighbourhoods Wesley Snipes Ann Nellu Sciorra Samuel i Jackson John i m Tut to Dinette Mckee. Lete for dinner rated it i orc do t women Frozen for 2> years in an Experiment must learn to adjust to a world Grolou mlle i Lucienl Iroku the one they seemingly just ie11 Sims Lunati funnier Ami in Eler Berg. The naked Oun 2 a tha smell of Foar filled police i t Blank Pic Hui is Back to confront some very sneaky villains m the Oil Ami i dear Power business i ots of slapstick comedy Nielsen Robert Goulet in Piscilla pics lev other poop log a Money rated r orc do a ruthless tycoon whose business is Wheeling and dealing Lor other people s Money meets his match when he tries to acquire a family owned business stars Danny Devito Penelope Ann Miller. The people under the stairs rated r hoi ror. A teen Ager planning on burglar izing the neigh Hor Hood haunted House ends up Heing Ler Rori cd by the people under the Slans stars Bialon Adams i Verett Mcgill strictly business rated r an ambitious mail room clerk Tommy Davidson helps a Workaholic Huppick Joseph in in clips meet his dream Gill a very a it Ealing Halle in Riv in return the exec helps Liim gel into a training Pio Giam. I he movie oilers a lot of Uoss cultural orcs As Davidson Lea ills to Pliess up and Phillips learns to gel Down Anne Johnson plays Phillips selfish Gill i r lend the taking of Beverly Hills rated r action Kell Wahl lakes on a Bambol Lenoi Isle w to shut Down Rodeo drive with a Load of toxic waste. 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