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Scott REAL E ndearments the S ide and before they settle down into an extended family eaders be warned: in reviewing the unit in Tucson. new movie Boys On the Side, I will Though there was something that felt really have to reveal a number of plot ele historic about a film that dealt with a woman ments that I sincerely believe are living with AIDS, I did feel that director Herbert best left unknown before you see the managed to weave that and the lesbian film— if you haven’t already. This is my Ross attempt aspect into the fabric of the story in a way that to be more sensitive to you as a moviegoer than didn’t sensationalize either situation. the people who produced the trailer for the movie, I know there are a lot of people who love because it would surprise me if anyone reading Whoopi Goldberg. When the movie was over, the this hadn’t already been exposed to a lot of the women around me in the theater started talking about rating the movie by stars— four stars being the highest. I gave the movie two and a half stars, but they were awarding the movie stars just for Whoopi and some of the film’s musical surprises. I understand this because I would have to admit plot. Like so many movies that are advertised by that any movie Brad Pitt appears in these days previews which reveal so much of the film that would at least get half a star for that fact alone. But when you finally see them the spontaneity of Whoopi is a difficult actor for me to embrace in certain key scenes are lost, Boys On the Side the same way. I think it is true that if people like suffers due to what many of us have already seen. Whoopi Goldberg, that’s pretty much what they The other advertising phenomenon that poten get, even though the movie might’ve called for tially ruins a film for me, is the comparison another character. Part of the problem for me is between a new movie and other movies of the the fact that she so often wears her hair the same same genre. You can’t imagine how quickly I was turned off to this movie when it was described as another Terms o f En dea rm en t and Steel M agnolias. My first thought is “W hy?” W e’ve already done Steel M agnolias and Terms o f Endearment. In fact Debra Winger, who starred in Terms o f Endearment, did do En dearment again, most re cently in Shadowlands, where she dies of the same disease. Not that these were bad movies, but when people tell you that a new movie is pro duced in the same tradi tion of a couple of older movies I can’t help but feel that the movies will have a very noticeable, calculated feel to them. It is one thing for a film maker to simply tell a Drew Barrymore (left) and Whoopi Goldberg story and in the end we, as an audience, end up being emotionally moved. way that she might’ve worn it last night on Late It’s another thing to construct a movie in a way Night with David Letterman. I guess she has such that lets you know that the filmmaker is doing all a distinct look (have you ever noticed that she has she or he can to move you. Thus it almost seems no eyebrows?) that I find it’s difficult for me to necessary for him or her to let us know that we’re accept her in most roles, unless she actually does getting ready to see a Steel Magnolias-type movie, undergo some physical transformation as I feel so we can prepare our tear ducts in advance. she did in movies like The Long Walk Home and None of this is to say that I didn’t enjoy Boys even Sister Act. On the Side. It just so happens that the movie I did enjoy the other actors in Boys, even would’ve been more enjoyable without the level though I tend to love Drew Barrymore more for of exposure surrounding it. And this was the case camp value than anything else. I also thought even though I saw the movie before it was offi there were some refreshing aspects of the story, cially released. Like Endearment and Magnolias, such as the sweet nature of Holly’s cop boyfriend the movie deals with the bonding that happens and Robin’s bartending buddy. Though, as revo between a group of women only to have a terminal lutionary as some people seem to think this film disease come between them. The twist with Boys is, the one lesbian in the film certainly wasn’t is that Jane (Whoopi Goldberg) is a lesbian musi awarded any type of love interest beyond the love cian who attempts to escape from New York City that the three women developed for one another. by ride-sharing with Robin (Mary-Louise Parker), The overall connection between the three main who suffers from a terminal disease which hap women was very nice to watch, but I couldn’t help pens to be AIDS. They eventually pick up Holly but want to see new ground broken in the area of (Drew Barrymore) and become involved in rescu relationships between women in film. And, true ing her from an abusive relationship. From that to the advertisements, Boys On the Side bore a point on, the story is about how they all bond, and closer resemblance to Steel Magnolias and Terms some of the adventures they share on the road o f Endearment than I would’ve liked. R ¡nema