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mates (played by Tom Selleck and
Steve Guttenberg) pitch in. After a
few false starts, they become car-
ing foster parents, and when Ted

Mystic Pizza *** (Cineplex Odeon Films) Rated M (at the Granville,
Dolpliin and Fraser Cinemas)

NORTH SHORE VIEWS
West Van Odean: Cocoon: The

son’s wild oats has taken root and Return, Fresh Horses, Madame
now the result has been lefton his  Sousatzka

doorstep by the mother. However,
Dad's out of town, so his room-

Park Royal: High Spirits, A Fish
Called Wanda, Scrooged

PIZZA IS a wholesome fast food and that pretty much
describes this amiable slice of New England life. renens. the three unite to bring up
aby.

Mystic is a quiet coastal fishing Three Men and a Baby ** There’s weak story structure
town in Connecticut, and the best (Touchstone Home Video) Rated _ galore in this lightweight piece
pizzaria is owned by Leona (Con- PG (two well-off guys find a baby and
chata Ferrell). However, as intrigu- Based ona French film, this trifl- don’t think of hiring a nanny?) and
ing as her secret magical recipe is, ing comedy has a surefire premise. _ it suffers frorn the same thin drug
the real story centers onthe three — Three pretty self-centered but subplot that was used in the origi-
waitresses. nal Three Men and a Cradle

The trio have been friends since TIM (RCA/Columbia Home Video). The
childhood, but they couldn’t be three men are perhaps more
more different. About the only BELL agreeable in the American version,
thing they have in common is man but it has a sappy final scene that
trouble. . . wraps things up too coyly.

Jojo (Lili Taylor) surprises her film reviewer . But basically, Leonard Nimoy
bridegroom Bill (Vincent Phillip has made a successful transition
D'Onofrio) by fainting during the likable bachelors have their pro- ‘from Mr. Spock to Dr. Spock, and
wedding vows. Their hot and cold _ fessional and private lives turned delivered a pleasant diversion.
relationship is kept alive by her upside down by the sudden arrival
fleshly desires, but threatened by of a gorgeous six-month-old babe.
her unwillingness to commit to it seems that one of Ted Dan-
marriage. Matrimony to Jojo is a
place where, 10 years later, you
find yourself fat and picking fish
scales out of your husband’s
boots.

Daisy Gulia Roberts) has too
many men, too often, while her
astronomer sister Kat (Annabeth
Gish) is starry-eyed over Tim
(William R. Moses), the married
man she babysits for.

However, Daisy at least displays
the good sense to fall for an
available man, Charles Gordon
Winsor, Jr. He may be rich, but he
is also spoiled, shiftless and hell-
bent on antagonizing his father

(but not enough to drop the cash
and run).

Smoothing the rough waters of :
love's true course is the strength of

the women’s friendship. What

_ makes this little film work so well
is the humor and intelligence of
the actresses. Lili Taylor is a real
standout as the indecisive Jojo,
without overplaying the scatter-
brained elements of her character.
It's even more admirable knowing
it’s her debut in film.

The other two are equally fine
and, among the three, there is a
warm bond of familiavity that does
suggest that these people have
known each other for years.

Producer Sam Goldwyn, Jr.
hopes to follow these characters in
future projects (Mystic Pizza — the
saga continues), so they may well

end up having life imitate art. the United Way

Let’s just hope that Sam can be
as consistently good as Leona’s
pizza.

WAY

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