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scottwblack [ 7.5 ]
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Biting black comedy about a pathological liar (played brilliantly by a young Charles Grodin) that is more honest and real than anything I've seen in the theatres recently. Written by Neil Simon, but don't let that scare you away; it's based on a story by Bruce Jay Friedman.
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jeff_v [ 7.0 ]
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This movie has a great middle; from the time Grodin encounters the sun-eclipsing Shepherd up through the seen where he ditches his wife in a painfully funny restaurant scene. (Including my favorite scene in the movie, when Grodin "lays his cards down on the table" for Shepherd's dad, played by Eddie Albert. Watch the expression on Shepherd's mother's face during the scene as it morphs from smiling pleasantness to horror.) It's too bad, then, that Neil Simon and Elaine May didn't know what to do with the beginning (a series of sketchy and over-charicatured events) or the ending (an interesting idea, having the man attain his fantasy, but it's unconvincing and not as funny). Grodin is excellent throughout.
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| Weighted Rating | : 6.6 |
| No. Ratings | : 6 | |
| No. Reviews | : 2 | |
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