I have pleasant memories of watching this TV-ish little crime drama way back when. Other than a word or two, maybe a drop of blood or flash of bed, The Thief Who Came to Dinner came to the small screen and snuggled right in.
I've seen the movie twice, once on broadcast TV and one more time as a rental, back when most people had to rent the VCR along with the movies. What stands out is my memory of the late, great Warren Oates as an insurance investigator tracking Ryan O'Neal, an urbane computer programmer who goes rogue, burgling some sort of sparkly valuables. Jacqueline Bisset is on hand to walk around in nice outfits and be teddibly urbane herself.
But, on a whole, with the harried Oates getting closer and closer to nabbing O'Neal, it's a pleasant flick. I think I liked the type of stay-at-home-and-watch-a-fun-movie movie that TTWCTD is. Kind of like The Hot Rock, a contemporary of the time.
One more thing about Bisset. I recently stated that she would have to be really off her game to not screw up a movie. Roger Ebert said that, in Bullitt, whenever she appeared it took five minutes for the movie to recover. I'm wondering if there was a direct correlation between her being anything like naked in a movie and her being just awful. In Bullitt, she has sex with Steve McQueen (bare shoulders and asleep) and she sucks. In The Sweet Ride, her breasts are on display (but about a thousand yards out), and she sucketh verily. The Deep? No acting talent visible, but through that wet tee, yikes!
You get my point. The boobs come anywhere near the surface and the deleterious effects on the movie are in full view.
I'm tempted to lop out the last couple of paragraphs because it just feels like a cheap shot against what could possibly be a very nice person in real life.
Naw. I tried nice. I didn't like it.
Besides, there have got to be some more movies with her that her chest is on display. Did she suck pond water in those, too? Wouldn't that be an interesting research paper for a film class?
I've seen the movie twice, once on broadcast TV and one more time as a rental, back when most people had to rent the VCR along with the movies. What stands out is my memory of the late, great Warren Oates as an insurance investigator tracking Ryan O'Neal, an urbane computer programmer who goes rogue, burgling some sort of sparkly valuables. Jacqueline Bisset is on hand to walk around in nice outfits and be teddibly urbane herself.
But, on a whole, with the harried Oates getting closer and closer to nabbing O'Neal, it's a pleasant flick. I think I liked the type of stay-at-home-and-watch-a-fun-movie movie that TTWCTD is. Kind of like The Hot Rock, a contemporary of the time.
One more thing about Bisset. I recently stated that she would have to be really off her game to not screw up a movie. Roger Ebert said that, in Bullitt, whenever she appeared it took five minutes for the movie to recover. I'm wondering if there was a direct correlation between her being anything like naked in a movie and her being just awful. In Bullitt, she has sex with Steve McQueen (bare shoulders and asleep) and she sucks. In The Sweet Ride, her breasts are on display (but about a thousand yards out), and she sucketh verily. The Deep? No acting talent visible, but through that wet tee, yikes!
You get my point. The boobs come anywhere near the surface and the deleterious effects on the movie are in full view.
I'm tempted to lop out the last couple of paragraphs because it just feels like a cheap shot against what could possibly be a very nice person in real life.
Naw. I tried nice. I didn't like it.
Besides, there have got to be some more movies with her that her chest is on display. Did she suck pond water in those, too? Wouldn't that be an interesting research paper for a film class?