Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012, May 24, 1991, Page 6, Image 6

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ENTERTAINMENT
Misfit pulls off ‘What About Bob?’
What About Bob is currently playing a!
Movies 12 and Movieland
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.ilile mi-nt.ii misfit
will) totlim s Ins |is\
i lii.itrist on \ .if ution
yi’iin* slum Id not
miss Wlutt Ahout
Huh’ Bill Murr.n
loss st.ii .is ilu- patient and doc tor
respectively At least that's how
it starts
Murray plays Hob Wiley a
multi phobic obsessive compul
sue who has Usai treated b\ al
most every |is\« lualrist m the
phone IkioI hot sldl has enor
moos cornual problems Huh s
psvc hialrist passes him oil to 1 )r
ieo Man. Ill a highly cespec ted
doctor and l>esl selling author
right lietoie l)i Marvin leaves tor
a month long vacation in New
Hampshire with Ins family
What Hob realh nec*d.s is some
love and he thinks he i an find it
in I )i Marvin, so he follows him
to the lake for some counseling
When he trac ks him down and
invades Ijsi s home the family
loves him He Marvin, who is so
wrapped up in himself and not
all that ureal of a family man is
indignant
Ihe movie rvallv works well
showing the transformation of
lioli into a functional part of a
family and the i hanger of I )i
Marvin into a psychological has
( ket 1 ase
t Dreyfuss and Mnrrav an* great
J i'igerthei rheir * <untuned anery\
Ihv palhflii all\ lirlplrv* anil inmiial Huh Milr i platnl In Hill Murray
Ill’ll! turmrnts Hr l.ro Mart in (Kit hard Drrytuss). a stn'ssrd-oul shrink,
ishnsr t.n alum is ruin i'll In thr rrlrnllrss Huh
■mil chemistry ni\r .m extra boost
to the oftentimes repetitive jokes
When Boh first arrives, l)r
Marvin writes him a pres< option
to lake a vai ation from his pmh
loins So Itoh dix ides to follow
Ins advii e and. much to l)r Mar
vm's dismay takes his vacation
m the same town as Dr Marvin
and Ins family
Perhaps the 111 in would have
been of more consequence il it
were played as a blat k i omedv
with Boh I>«• 111n a more danger
mis person and had a hit sharp
er edge to him But lor what it
wants to do it almost always
sui reeds It s simply a sweet
light i omedv that is i onsistent
lv funny
Ihe volatility between Drey
tiis>. and Murray makes the mov
le Iasi s taillllv is fairly nonde
sinpt |ulie llagerty fades into
Ihi' Imi kground ,is the supportive
wife, .is <i(m*s the daughter The
only standout among the sup
porting cast is Charlie horsmo
who has already shown in films
like l)it k Tnu \ that lie h.is real
star talent
Director 1-Tank ()/ lias shown
a flair lor light comedy with a
hit of a skewed twist and has
shown it in films like Utile
Shop ill Horrors and Dirty Kot
ten Si outulrels He gets good
performances out of the stars
and the Virginia locations are
beautiful
Wh.it About Hob■' is an ener
getk and robust comedy which
is amusing and at times. a< lung
Iv fumn It is a gn-at film to help
spring fever along
By Lucas J Gutman
f: me i a Id Contributor
Faces of the Bookstore
RENE KIRKPATRICK
POSITION: Children's Books Buyer
YEARS WITH STORE: 12v> years
HOBBIES: Love to read and quilt
MOTIVATION: Teaching and Learning
Education is the most important issue
in the world Everything hinges on it
LATEST ACHIEVEMENT: Taking a
children's literature class
MOST AOMIRED PERSON: My mother
Betty I admire her philosophy on life l
want to inherit it
UNIQUE ACTIVITY: Door person at ne*
Max s Read as I walk to work
FAVORITE JUNK FOOD: Vanilla
Hagen Daz and Pegasus Pizza
LAST BOOK READ:
Juniper, Monica Furlong
FAMILY: Husband. Dennis
Fitzgerald: siblings. Keeli and Mike
PERSONAL SKETCH: Just an
everyday kind ot person with an
above average book lust
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