A handsome piano player, a singer and, alas, an older man -- they're the combustible ingredients of "Love Walked In", a story that keeps you completely aroused. With winning performances from Denis Leary, Aitana Sanchez-Gijon and Terence Stamp, this TriStar presentation is a curious, wonderfully old-fashioned gem.
In the small-but-lethal story line, Leary stars as Jack, a small-time piano man who works the Eastern-site circuits and woos available money women. He's handsome, caustic and, with his droopy, good hair, absolutely the type who can swoon a woman -- luckily in this case, it's his featured singer, Vicki (Sanchez-Gijon). She is sultry, to say the least, and soon wins over Jack, who has reservations nonetheless.
The overall story is delectable: some surprises and some predictabilities. One keeps rooting for both lovers, and that's the wonderful problem -- because, well, you know what happens.
The best thing about "Love Walked In" is the acting. Leary is stunning as the disaffected pianist. He is charismatic and fun, demonstrating a range beyond his strict comedy persona. Sanchez-Gijon is aptly sultry and sullen as the enigmatic female. She oozes badness in all the right ways, terrifically enticing. As the forlorn millionaire, Stamp is perhaps the film's strongest element: vulnerable, audacious and carnivorous all at once.
Although the scenario by Lynn Geller, Larry Golin and Juan J. Campanella is a bit muddy, it is very smart and nicely visualized by director Campanella.
Tech credits are above average, with special praise to composer Wendy Blackstone for the scrumptious score.
LOVE WALKED IN
Sony Pictures
TriStar
Producer: Ricardo Freixa
Director: Juan J. Campanella
Screenplay: Lynn Geller, Larry Golin,
Juan J. Campanella
Based on a novel by: Jose Pablo Feinmann
Director of photography: Daniel Shulman
Production designer: Michael Shaw
Music: Wendy Blackstone
Editor: Darren Kloomok
Costume designer: David Robinson
Casting: Pat McCorkle
Color/stereo
Cast:
Jack Morrisey: Denis Leary
Fred Moore: Terence Stamp
Vicki Rivas: Aitana Sanchez-Gijon
Cousin Matt: Danny Nucci
Vera: Moira Kelly
Eddie Bianco: Michael Badalucco
Running time -- 90 minutes
MPAA rating: R...
In the small-but-lethal story line, Leary stars as Jack, a small-time piano man who works the Eastern-site circuits and woos available money women. He's handsome, caustic and, with his droopy, good hair, absolutely the type who can swoon a woman -- luckily in this case, it's his featured singer, Vicki (Sanchez-Gijon). She is sultry, to say the least, and soon wins over Jack, who has reservations nonetheless.
The overall story is delectable: some surprises and some predictabilities. One keeps rooting for both lovers, and that's the wonderful problem -- because, well, you know what happens.
The best thing about "Love Walked In" is the acting. Leary is stunning as the disaffected pianist. He is charismatic and fun, demonstrating a range beyond his strict comedy persona. Sanchez-Gijon is aptly sultry and sullen as the enigmatic female. She oozes badness in all the right ways, terrifically enticing. As the forlorn millionaire, Stamp is perhaps the film's strongest element: vulnerable, audacious and carnivorous all at once.
Although the scenario by Lynn Geller, Larry Golin and Juan J. Campanella is a bit muddy, it is very smart and nicely visualized by director Campanella.
Tech credits are above average, with special praise to composer Wendy Blackstone for the scrumptious score.
LOVE WALKED IN
Sony Pictures
TriStar
Producer: Ricardo Freixa
Director: Juan J. Campanella
Screenplay: Lynn Geller, Larry Golin,
Juan J. Campanella
Based on a novel by: Jose Pablo Feinmann
Director of photography: Daniel Shulman
Production designer: Michael Shaw
Music: Wendy Blackstone
Editor: Darren Kloomok
Costume designer: David Robinson
Casting: Pat McCorkle
Color/stereo
Cast:
Jack Morrisey: Denis Leary
Fred Moore: Terence Stamp
Vicki Rivas: Aitana Sanchez-Gijon
Cousin Matt: Danny Nucci
Vera: Moira Kelly
Eddie Bianco: Michael Badalucco
Running time -- 90 minutes
MPAA rating: R...
- 2/20/1998
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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