C2 - Friday, September 28, 1984 - North Shore News

CO-STARS MARTIN AND TOMLIN

Half bodies make whole film

STEVE MARTIN loses control of the right side of
his body to Lily Tomlin in their new film All Of Me
but manages to keep most of the laughs for

himself.

Martin badly needed this
movie after flopping with his
films The Jerk, Pennies From
Heaven and Dead Men Don’t
Wear Plaid. ;

The ex stand-up comic is
definitely back on his feet in
All Of Me. Martin is the
reluctant lawyer Roger Cobb,
who through a foul-up in the
universe, gets hit on the head
with the soul of Edwina Cut-
water (Lily Tomlin) and must
share his body with her. Ed-
wina controls the right side
and Roger finds that his body

d his life is just not big
qnough for the both of them.

Not only does the right side
of his body walk like a
woman, but whenever Roger
looks into a mirror, all he can
see is the reflection of Ed-
wina. Steve Martin did his
homework for this film and
some of the funniest parts of
the movic owe their laughs to
Martin's convincing _half-
man and half-woman walk,

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as he incorporates feminine

and masculine body
movements with hilarious
results.

Tomlin as the rich bitchy
Edwina deserves her side of
the laughs but makes only
fleeting appearances when
Martin is standing in front of
the mirror or other reflective
surfaces where they can carry
on conversations.

Edwina, a sickly, wealthy
woman, made arrangements
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migrated into the body of the
beautiful young daughter of
her horse trainer.

However, when her soul
ends up in Cobb, she finds
herself learning how to shave
and to visit the men’s room.
Tomlin, the better actor of
the two comics, lets Martin
be the funny guy by keeping a
straight face whenever it’s
called for. It couldn’t have
been easy.

Director Carl Reiner has to
be pleased with All Of Me.
His message of the hidden
feminine side of the male
animal is brought across to
the audience in a riotously
funny manner. Both his stars
perform to their maximum
t. ents and although Martin

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BUSY
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BUSY BODY, put
on by West Van Lit-
tle Theatre, opened
Wednesday night at
Presentation House
and will run until
October 13. The
outrageous who-
done-it, written by
Jack Popplewell, is
amusing, puzzling,
Startling and even
frightening. Far left,
John Baker plays
‘Police Superintend-
ent Baxter, and Ann
Marsh plays Lily, the
cleaning lady.

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is burdened with some poor
one-liners at the beginning of
the film, the overall script is
fast-moving and funny.

Tomlin and Martin seem to
have hit that special secret of
success as co-stars in this
‘film. All Of Me would only
have been half the film
without both of them in it.

All Of Me is now playing
at the Park Theatre.

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