Looking For frouble
is same-old, same-old

Predictable pace in Nolte and Roberts’ movie

Bell
FILM REVIEW

I Love trouble *'4 (Touchstone)
Rated Mature (at Famous Players
cinemas)

OOKIN’ FOR trouble?

You've come to the

wrong place. Lookin’ for
same-old, same-old? Here’s
a predictable pace.

Talented cub reporter Sabrina
Peterson (Julia Roberts) is fresh,
smart and eats hard news for
brunch. Seasoned journalist Peter
Brackett (Nick Nolte) is so busy
with a promotional tour for his
first murder novel that he tries to
palm off one of his old columns
as new copy. Yes, writers Nancy
Myers and Charles Shyer have
gone the old (make that decrepit)

“opposites attract” route.

The mysterious train derail-
ment that brings Sabrina and
Peter together has them both ask-

ing questions, treading on each
er’s toes as they chase scoops
for their rival Chicago papers.
But outrageous flirting is never
more than a bon mot away.

And — guess what they
decide to join forces, getting
involved in a spiral of pointless

The script pilfers liberally from
Hitchcock’s North by Northwest,
uses wipes between scenes to
give the film a ‘40s feel, and
throws in what passes for clever
romantic sparring ala Tracy and
Hepburn. nly we don’t get
Tracy and Hepburn,

As pleasant as Nolte and
Roberts are, they seem all too
aware of being marched through
a groaningly obvious routine.
Nolte gains my admiration, how-
ever, for keeping a straight face
in the misguide scene) where he
sees Julia “smiley faces” pop up
on his keyboard while he’s typ-
ing.

! Love Trouble just isn’t worth

the trouble.
Wyatt Earp *&* (Warner Bros.)
Rated 14 years (at Esplanade,
Vancouver Centre, Richmond
Centre, Station Square, Eagle
Ridge and Willowbrook cine-
mas

)

The first words delivered by
Kevin Costner are “Let’s go.” And
‘oo he does — on and on for 3%

ours.

Thankfully, there are a few
worthwhile items in this draggy
biography.

The old frontier is artfully pho-
tographed with roaming buffalo
herds, vast plains and westcoast-
bound Conestoga wagons. But
striding stoically through it all is
Wyatt Earp, who, as a teen,
itched to join his brothers in the
Civil War. But he failed at that as
he did most other things he tried.
Lawyer, horse thief and husband
were all miserable career moves.
He only did two things well:
boozing and taming wild towns
with ruthlessly quick draws.

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ain’t. Dull, pompous dialogue
runs rampant while women are
relegated to cameos (usually as
whores, ex-whores, or whore
wannabes). The bloody vendettas
become monotonous and since
Costner remains dour and
remote, there’s no one to root for
~~ except “Doc” Holliday.
Whenever Dennis Quaid stag-
gers into frame as the emaciated
but lethal killer, the audience
stops looking at their watches.
His whiskied drawl and sarcastic
one-liners slice through the other
performances until you realize
the movie should have been
about this fascinating character.
Why Wyatt? It should have
been “What's Up Doc?”
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