Heart and Souls * & & (Univer-
sal) Rated Mature (at the Park &
Tilford, Granville, Coquitlam, Sta-
tion Square, Scott 72, Clearbrook
cinemas)

O, TELL me, what

happens when you

die? Do angels whisk
you away? What about that
white light at the end of the
tunnel stuff? Should you take
a change of underwear?

Four strangers -- Harrison
(Charles Grodin), Julia (Kyra
Sedgwick), Milo (Tom Sizemore)
and Penny (Alfre Woodard) — find
out the hard way when they
discover the disadvantages of
public transit. Their distracted bus
driver “failed to negotiate a turn’
as they say in Driver's td.

The departing souls are im-
mediate tethered to newly born
Thomas Riley. As Thomas grows,
his parents wonder why he’s
constantly laughing at the walls.
Of course, the baby's four
“friends,” invisible to all but him,
are kootchy-kooing.

But when, at the ripe old age of
seven, he starts getting advice on
placing bets, he unnerves his
parents and the spirits decide it
would be best if they ‘sort of”
disappeared.

Twenty-five years later the
deceased bus driver (David
Payner) — now condernned to
drive a ghostly bus for the next
500 years — comes to tell them
there’s been a slight mishap. They
were supposed to have used this
time to tie up the loose ends of
their lives through Thomas.

So with a very pressing “bus
schedule” and a reluctant host, all
four get a chance to shuffle back
on this mortal coil.

Robert Downey Jr. shows re-
markable flair in this bittersweet
comedy under the direction of
Ron Underwood (City Slickers). AS
with Underwood’s previous film,
the tender moments are definitely
Hollywood flavored, but they
work.

Still, it sure seems as though L.A.
is undergoing a spiritual crisis with
movies like Ghost, Defending
Your Life, Death Becomes Her,
Weekend at Bernie’s, plus all
those sundry zombies and vam-
pires.

Maybe it's their eternal belief in

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FILM REVIEW

the comeback. One thing's for
sure — it’s hip to be dead.
Manhattan Murder Mystery

* & k (Tri Star) Rated M (at a
Cineplex Odeon Theatre near
you)

too) as he reteams with Diane
Keaton to solve a mystery. Did
their next-door neighbor Mrs.
House die from a cardiac arrest of
was she the victim of foul play?
Carol (Keaton) thinks Mr. House
is too “perky” for a recent
widower and vows to expose the
kiler. Cowardly Larry (Woody)
says she should stop sneaking into
their neighbor's apartment for evi-
dence and save a little craziness
for her menopause. He's also not
keen on Carol's lonely friend, Ted
(Alan Alda), who wants to be more
than just her sleuthing partner.
However, it’s Carol's turn to be
jealous when a fourth amateur
detective, Larry's client, author

it's Woody lite (and about time See Allen page 283

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