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White Female.

2, 1992 ~ North Shore News

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JENNIFER JASCN, Leigh and Brigit Fonda star in Barbet Schroeder's psychological thriller Single

Persona non grata

Strong performances not enough to overcome
script’s banality of evil in Single White Female

Single White Female * * (Col-
umbia) Rated 2 (at the Park & |
Tilford, Granville, Oakridge,
Coquitlam, Station Square Scott
and Clearbruok Cinemas)

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FILM REVIEW

OK, the classified ad didn’t exactly
specity that, but it may as well —
have. We've all seen the com-
mercials on TV tor this movie, so
you know that delicately balanced
- roomie Hedra Vennifer Jason

Leigh) terrorizes nice, superficially
secure Allison Jones (Brigit Fonda).

First it’s rather innocuous —
borrowing her wardrobe, bringing
home a stray pup. Before long,
though, the dowdy Hedy clones
herself in Allie’s image, right down
to the stylish hairdo.

Is this an unconventional mar-
tiage of misfits (although Allie
hides her flaws a little better)?

Does the insecure Allie uncon-
siously use Hedy to get her out of
a jam with her sleazy client *
(Stephen Tonolwsky) and maybe
even her boytriend?

How does a 22-year-old business
novice pay for an expensive
apartment in a New York
brownstone with only one client
who won't even pay his bills?

Although this movie has more
questions than answers, it certainly
isn’t a “think piece.

Jennifer Jason Leigh revels in her
showy part, with an interesting
psychological explanation tor her
accelerating ticks and twitches,
but it degenerates to a limited
psychotic role. Brigit Fonda
achieves a more complex perfor-
mance with subtle shades (or at
least as subtle as the conventions
of the genre allow.)

If you are looking for thrills, SWF
delivers shocks with the regularity
of a metronome, but reading the
classitied ads in any neighborhood

* newspaper may prove just as

entertaining.

The Odd Couple * * *
(Paramount Home Video) Rated
Mature .

Now, here’s one for inequality.
When men of opposite

temperament get together, the
worst that happens is linguini on
the wall. No biood-letting. No
hack ‘n slash. At least according to
Neit Simon’s classic play-turned-
movie.

Everyone knows Jack Lemmon
and Walter Matthau in their roles
as the peculiar pair. Felix Unger,
neatnik supreme, drives sloppy
Oscar Madison to pasta abuse
when they reom together after
Felix’s marriage crumbles.

If you haven’t seen it recently,
it's still funny. Now over 21 years
later, Neil Simon is working on a
sequel with Lemmon and Matthau
set to reprise their roles.

Showtime Hot!
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