Showing posts with label Dudley Moore. Show all posts
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Sunday, 27 October 2019

Foul Play (1978)



A shy San Francisco librarian and a bumbling cop fall in love as they solve a crime involving albinos, dwarves, and the Catholic Church.

From memory: Likable, but messy Hitchcock spoof with lots of hit or miss humor, mainly watchable for its star cast.

Halliwell*: "Sometimes sprightly, sometimes tired rehash of Hitchcock elements, rather on the level of the similar Silver Streak."

Maltin**!/2: "Likable stars, good fun, but protracted story, tasteless comedy, and Hitchcock plagiarism detract."


Friday, 2 August 2019

10 (1979)



A Hollywood composer goes through a mid-life crisis and becomes infatuated with a sexy, newly married woman.

From memory:  On the surface an old-fashioned sex comedy, but the jokes utterly misfire behind  misogynist premise.

Halliwell (no star): "Randy farce which struck some, but not all, audiences as the funniest thing since sliced bread."

Maltin**: "Blake Edwards' idea of a real sophisticated movie; sporadically funny but tiresome, glib, and pompous."