It's obvious that back in 1991 that critics attacked Demi Moore for this because she was trying to do something different. Other actresses may have been more obviously right for this part, but you can't help but give Demi credit for the sweetness of her performance. Her accent is a bit over the top, even thicker than Sissy Spacek's in "Coal Miner's Daughter", but she is completely Charming as an innocent young lady with the gift of clairvoyance who helps everybody around her when she out of the blue marries George Dzunda, a Brooklyn butcher yet slowly falls in love with local psychiatrist Jeff Daniels while helping out everybody in the neighborhood.
They include Daniels' neurotic girlfriend Margaret Colin, spinster Mary Steenburgen and sophisticated Frances McDormand, a lesbian boutique proprietor. Thanks to Demi, all of these people's lives change, particularly Steenburgen's, going from mousy church lady to sexy chanteuse. This is one of those whimsical comedies that will charm some and nauseated others, and I am one of the former. It is not a perfect film, but a sweet, pleasant one.
I wish there was more footage and a bit more dialogue for Moore's grandmother, played by stage and soap veteran Elizabeth Lawrence who in her seventies started getting more film work after decades on the serials, having just left a 12 year run on "All My Children". It's obvious to me from the start that Dzunda and Moore are ill-suited, and that the writers would end up going for the glamorous good looking couple with Moore and Daniels. Steenburgen is an absolute delight, stealing the film. It's a charming film that took director Terry Hughes from the small screen ("Golden Girls") to the big screen. Perhaps it was a bit dated by a few years as comedies in the early 90's were very different than they had been the decade before.
They include Daniels' neurotic girlfriend Margaret Colin, spinster Mary Steenburgen and sophisticated Frances McDormand, a lesbian boutique proprietor. Thanks to Demi, all of these people's lives change, particularly Steenburgen's, going from mousy church lady to sexy chanteuse. This is one of those whimsical comedies that will charm some and nauseated others, and I am one of the former. It is not a perfect film, but a sweet, pleasant one.
I wish there was more footage and a bit more dialogue for Moore's grandmother, played by stage and soap veteran Elizabeth Lawrence who in her seventies started getting more film work after decades on the serials, having just left a 12 year run on "All My Children". It's obvious to me from the start that Dzunda and Moore are ill-suited, and that the writers would end up going for the glamorous good looking couple with Moore and Daniels. Steenburgen is an absolute delight, stealing the film. It's a charming film that took director Terry Hughes from the small screen ("Golden Girls") to the big screen. Perhaps it was a bit dated by a few years as comedies in the early 90's were very different than they had been the decade before.