20 ~ Wednesday, November 6, 1991 — North Shore News

Tim Bell
FILM REVIEW

Frankie & Johnny ** (Para-
mount) Rated 14 years (at the
Esplanade Centre, Capitol,
Richmond Centre, Guildford
and Station Square cinemas)

ary Marshall’s latest -
film retools a suc-
cessful play (origi-
nally with Kathy Bates and
F. Murray Abraham) to fit Al
’ Pacino and Michelle Pfeiffer. :

The story of two average, plain
people failing in love is now about
two name stars feigning piainness
through poor hair grooming. He’s
a likable ex-con working in a res-
taurant who uses imagination, po-
etry and relentless charm to attract
a withdrawn waitress in desperate

_ need cf a hair conditioner.
- Eventually, of course, she finds
_ happiness with Alberto VO5, but
until then we can enjoy the sup-
- porting cast, including Hector, .
Elizondo and especially Kate
-Nelligan as the leggy co-worker

“tt aw.” with a Brooklyn accent and a

ee 9)

ympic:bed.pianner.

~{t’s basically the same plot as
director Marshail’s last hit Pretty
Woman, with the roles reversed
(nice guy opens up repressed
woman this time). The tone may
be darkér, but one-liners like

.- Ban? You may as well eat rope

and yank it through” ensure it

doesn’t get too heavy.

Other People’s Money **
(Warner Bros.) Rated Mature

, (at a Famous Player theatre
near you)

What's funny about money? Ab-
: solutely nothing to a corporate
.. "aider like Larry ‘‘The Liquidator’
’ Garfield (Danny De Vito).
Larry likes money ... loves other
people's money. Every morning he
‘ reaches over the satin sheets to
* caress the milky white keys of

., Carmen, his computer.

. -* The response is immediate —-

* .the latest stock returns. The mil-

+ fions in his bank account are
testament to his savvy in targeting
companies ripe for takeover.

The prey du jour is New England
Wire & Cable Company, an 81-
year-old dinosaur with one foot in
the tar pit and waiting for 2 push.

Andrew “Jorgy’’ Jorgenson
(Gregory Peck}, sentimental
heimisman of this obsolete enter-
prise, refuses to pull the plug. The
scent of fancial wounds, howev-
er, can’t help but attract Larry.

“You don’t deal with
predators,” Jorgy insists, ‘you
kill them or they kill you.”’

What — a hint of violence?
Maybe even murder? Not by a
long shot. Instead, sex is the

&

ICHELLE PFEIFFER and Al Pacino star in Garry Marshall’s

adaptation of the play ‘Frankie and Johnny.”

weapon when the lawyer in his
family, Kate Sullivan (Penelope
Ana Miller) takes on the Wall
Street buzzard.

She’s smart, drop-dead gorgeous
with a sparkling laugh that almost
makes Larry forget to eat one of
his prominently displayed Dunkin’
Donuts. .

Despite his crude propositions,
she is intrigued. After all, he’s
pretty funny, energetic, romantic
and incredibly wealthy.

Too bad he’s trying to put her

family out of business. .

So what’s funny about Other
People’s Money? Not much.

De Vito’s performance is terrific,
but the film has a major flaw. As
comforting as jingling coins are,
there’s something intensely dull
about money talk, Dialogue about
takeovers, stock markets, share-
holder meetings just don’t make
for crackling drama.

There are better investments out
there for your $8.

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