20 - Wednesday, June 12, 1991 - North Shore News

Soapdish moves at
a breakneck pace

Soapdish *** (Paramount) Rated Mature (at the Esplanade, Van-
couver Centre. Richmond, Station Square and Guildford Cinemas)

ccording to my friend, Ancn, “The human race is
faced with a cruel choice — work or daytime T.V.”’

But for real cruelty, try
working on a soap. Just ask the
current award-winning Queen of
Misery, Celeste Talbert (Sally
Field). Of course, she'll tell you
the real drama is behind the tele-
prompter. Celeste’s lover has just
dumped her to go back to his wife
in Pittsburgh, leaving her sobbing
hysterically, ‘Pittsburgh! What
does that tell you about the desir-
ability of America’s Sweetheart?”’

Meanwhile, David Barnes
(Robert Downey Jr.), the producer
of The Sun Also Sets has got angst
in his pants for the resident viper,
Montana Moorehead (Cathy
Moriarty).

Together, they conspire to have
the sun also set on Celeste’s ca-
reer. Besides gearing the plot to
have her murder a sweet-faced
homeless woman (now, that’s
cruel!}, they bring back Jeffery
Anderson (Kevin Kline).

Reprising his role of 20 years ago
is a break for the ego-maniacal ac-
tor who is currently consigned to
dinner-theatre helt, playing Willie
Loman at a Florida steak house for
the aged.

Head writer Rose Schwartz
(Whoopi Goldberg) has the easy
job, resurrecting a character who
was decapitated. !t’s Celeste who
has to share the camera with the

Tim Bell

FILM REVIEW

man she personally had fired from
the show two decades earlier, And
worse, he’s got ey#s for her niece
(Elizabeth Shue), the actress play-
ing the comatose ceaf-mute.

Am 1 going too fast here... well,
don’t worry about the maze of
subplots, because it's all in fun.
And with this expert cast, there are
lots of laughs. Sally Field and
Kevin Kline are terrific as two of
the most vain and insecure actors
to ever light up a cathode ray
tube.

A few flat jokes aside, Robert
Harling and Andrew Bergman hit
their marks and even add a couple
of surprise plot twists. Director
Michael Hoffman keeps up a
breakneck pace, with the actors
speed talking and a hot mambo

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beat (courtesy of Alan Silvestri).

Work or daytime television? tf
T.V. was this good, we'd all be
calling in sick.

Coronation Street ****
(Granada Home Video) Unrated

In the warld of soap aperas, this
classic British import stands alone.
For over 30 years the unglamorous
exploits of the Manchester subur-
banites have amused and enter-
tained.

Significant episodes have been
transferred to video and all are
worth a rental.

Cf course, loyal viewers (or their
VCR’s) are glued Monday through
Wednesday at 2 p.m. to the CBC
for current episodes. Among The
Street addicts is Dustin Hoffman.
And, hey, if it’s good enough for
Rain Man...

NORTH SHORE VIEWS

Park Royal: FX2, Wild Hearts
Can't Be Broken, Oscar. Park &
Tilford: Backdraft, Dances With
Wolves, FX2, Only the Lonely, Ci-
ty Slickers, Jungle Fever.
Esplanade 6: Soapdish, Switch,
Theima & Louise, What About
Bob?, Hudson Hawk, Don’t Tell
Mom the Babysitters Dead.
Showtime Hotline: Famous
Players 687-4255, Cineplex Odeon

June 15

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