Good, bad and worse
“Experience Preferred. . .but not
Essential”
The "little film" seems to be a British
specialty, something that's more than ob
vious in this film.
In less than 80 minutes, director Peter
Duffel and writer )une Roberts sketch a
cast of likable, colorful characters in a
charming and funny tale.
An appealing Elizabeth Edmonds por
trays Annie, a young college student who
is spending the summer of '62 working in
a Britsh seaside hotel. Though little more
than a rite-of-passage tale, Duffel tells
Annie's story with charm and good
humor.
The supporting cast of eccentric co
workers is introduced in the first part of
the film. Bits of action, snippets of
dialogue and telling gestures quickly
establish the characters and situations in
the swiftly paced plot.
With its good lines and a marvelous
sense of the absurd, "Experience Prefer
red" is just plain fun. The film is showing
now at Cinema 7.
"Swing Shift"
Goldie Hawn's paean to Rosie the
Riveter is a slick, superficial piece of
nostalgia that bends over backwards to
avoid taking a stand.
Hawn stars as Kay Walsh, a fluttery
young wife who takes to the factories
after her husband enlists in the military
during WW II. She meets up with Lucky
Lockhart (Kurt Russell), her swing shift
lead man, and the predictable occurs.
Then her husband returns, and the
predictable occurs again — and keeps
recurring until the final credits roll.
There are some nice touches here and
there and even promises of real issues.
We see glimpses of propaganda
newsreels (ours, not theirs) and racial
discrimination, but nothing comes of
these issues. The stars aren't even as in
teresting as the supporting players, such
as Christine Lahti who plays Hazel, Kay's
best friend or the venerable Fred Ward
who portrays profiteer "Biscuits"
Toohey. The film's technicolor splendor
is slick and glossy, but it sure is empty.
“Children of the Corn"
Question: What do you get when you
cross adolescents with the jim (ones
story?
Answer: The latest film adaptation of
Stephen King. Oh boy.
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"Experience Preferred...but not Essential" is another charming Brithish film.
Little preacher-man Isaac has led his
sect down the true path of
righteousness, a place where nobody is
older than 19 years old. Now all these
kids live all alone in the little town of
Gatlin, Nebraska. Alone, that is, until a
young couple literally runs into a young
boy who hasn't escaped Isaac's clutches.
The young man, Burt (Peter Horton),
notices that the boy's throat is cut and
curious, Burt goes tramping into the cor
nfield for evidence. The young woman
Vicki (Linda Hamilton), is justifiably
frightened. But she's only slightly
brighter than her heroic husband. With a
little help from fate, they get themselves
trapped by the munchkin congregation
and witness the power struggle between
Isaac and his psychotic muscleboy
Malachai, an ugly kid who spouts biblical
phrases and wields a Bowie knife to do
God's will.
What begins with the possibility of ge
nuine psychological terror soon turns in
to a routine scare flick. The only terror
comes from whom we either suspect or
don't expect to be hiding conveniently
off-camera, ready to surprise our hero
with a meat hook.
With lame special effects and an inap
propriate conclusion (''Hey kids, let's go
kill the devil!''), "Children" is best left to
the crows. Playing now at the West 11th.
Sean Axmaker
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