One of the best kept secrets about me is that I am a complete JGJ (Jeff Goldblum Junkie): I could watch anything with him on.
So I can swear that first this is not one of his worst movies, and second it's absolutely not as bad as some of the reviews (and the movie's success) may suggest. True, the humour is not at everybody's grasp, the songs come up in the middle of nowhere and a few more flaws are patent; but at the same time the actors' performance are great (finally Emma Thompson is funny! "And she's naked too!" added my male friends; "Wow, Rowan Atkinson can speak", as most Italians would say; and Goldblum's distinctive oddness for once doesn't look out of place). The story is a simple, funny one about love, the satire of the theatre world is brilliant and that of the Health Service is funny but could be much ruder (but that was 1989!).
I know most of this movie by heart, and I can't stop watching it: every single time it manages to move me!
So I can swear that first this is not one of his worst movies, and second it's absolutely not as bad as some of the reviews (and the movie's success) may suggest. True, the humour is not at everybody's grasp, the songs come up in the middle of nowhere and a few more flaws are patent; but at the same time the actors' performance are great (finally Emma Thompson is funny! "And she's naked too!" added my male friends; "Wow, Rowan Atkinson can speak", as most Italians would say; and Goldblum's distinctive oddness for once doesn't look out of place). The story is a simple, funny one about love, the satire of the theatre world is brilliant and that of the Health Service is funny but could be much ruder (but that was 1989!).
I know most of this movie by heart, and I can't stop watching it: every single time it manages to move me!