The Clackamas Print
Wednesday, May 8,1996
Movie Revïews/Eclïïorïal
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Andrew Beck
Staff Writer
Brian Ray
Staff Writer
The title of the new film The
Truth About Cats and Dogs is
deceiving. Rather than being an
expose’ on pet care, the film is a
light romantic comedy about
love, mistaken identity and look
ing beneath people’s exteriors to
find their true selves.
Janeane Garofalo {Reality
Bites) stars as Abby, a veterinar
ian who hosts a radio call-in
show, giving advice about pet
care. Abby is single, smart and
incredibly insecure about her
looks. While she is not unattrac
tive, she feels she is a “dog” com
pared to her beautiful neighbor,
Noelle (played by Uma Thurman
from Pulp Fiction). Abby is en
vious of Noelle’s good looks, but
Noelle is envious of Abby’s in
telligence.
When a man named Brian
(played by Ben Chaplin, a Brit
ish actor reminiscent Hugh
Grant) calls for some advice
about his dog, he falls in love
with Abby’s voice. They talk end
lessly over the phone, getting to
know each other. Abby falls for
Brian, even hinting that he could
be the one she wants to spend the
rest of her life with.
he
insists on meeting her, AbBy
finds herself with sort-of a di-i
lemma. She doesn’t think she’s
pretty enough to Brian over. She
comes up with half-baked plan
to trade places with Noelle, so
that Brian will have a face to go
along her voice. The situation
turns chaotic as Noelle starts to
fall for Brian, and Brian for her.
Directed by Michael
Lehmann, who made the dark
comedy Heathers, the film is full
of charm, wit, and heart. With
likable characters, some funny
dialogue exchanges, and a little
bit of physical humor, it wins you
over, even though the premise is
a bit implausible. Part of that has
to do with Garofalo who, in her
first starring role, shines as Abby.
She gives what could have been
a cookie-cutter character life and
rises above the rather bland ma
terial. Thurman is good, giving
Noelle a sort of ditsy, dim-bulb
sweetness that matches her an
gelic looks. The film is an enjoy
able romantic comedy for those
who believe that love is deeper
than how you look; it is about
who you are.
Grade: B+
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The occult-primed thriller,
The Craft, fits the bill as the first
interesting sleeper film of May.
Andrew Fleming directs and co
writes this background Holly wood
jewel to some audience-pleasing
results.
While the dialogue is aver
age, Fleming is able to create a
thrilling film with computer
morphing and high-grade visual
effects.
The storyline of the movie
begins with teenager Sarah
(played by Robin Tunney from
Empire Records) moving to anew
home and school in L.A. Sarah
is not the recipient of much com
mon courtesy at her new educa
tional digs, St. Benedict’s Acad
emy. Shunned by the general
school populace and the victim of
vicious rumors spread by advan
tageous jock Chris (played by
newcomer Skeet Ulrich). Sarah
falls into a group of social clique
witches led by Nancy (Fairuza
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chantments in worship of a na
ture god named Meno.
Sarah’s addition to the teen
witches inexplicably gives them
the power to cast spells in the
name of Meno.
Like materialistic debutantes
they use their powers to fulfill
greedy fantasies. Witch Bonnie
(Neve Campbell from the televi
sion show Party of Five) uses her
powers to magically remove ter
rible bum scars she received as a
child. Rochelle (Rachel True from
CB4) puts a curse on a racist so
Grade: B
Barb Wire a big waste of time
Jon Roberts
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cialite that makes life miserable
for her on the school diving team.
Yet, Sarah realizes that the
witches’ powers are turning evil
when one of her spells results in
the death of Chris. Nancy is in
creasingly lusting for the dark
power of witchcraft and sees Sa
rah as a pathetic source of moral
ity to be dealt with. The growing
rift between Sarah and the three
other witches gives the film an in
teresting climax and resolution.
“The Craft” has several down
points, the plot can be very shal
low and at times the film seems
continuously stuck in a rut.
The audience may also be an
noyed by the way Fleming tries
to sell his actresses off as Gen
eration X, espresso drinking oc
cultists. But the acting abilities
displayed by these young broom
stick-wielding thespians is good.
Tunney, Campbell and True give
off believable performances while
Balk is magnificent as the subver
sive Nancy.
May can be a sour time for
film audiences as the entertain
ment industry releases the duds
before summer. But for it’s over
all attractiveness “The Craft” is
worth the price of admission.
Balk from The Return to Oz and
the cult favorite Gas Food Lodg
ing). The group sees Sarah as the
fourth potential member to enter
their “witches’ circle”.
Sarah is, at first, enthusias
tic about the group of witches.
They practice ceremonies and
Once again Hollywood
makes a movie that is supposed
to be the spring’s biggest block-
buatci when really li isn’t worth
the film it was photographed on.
This movie is Barb Wire, the
latest silicon laden wanna-be ac
tion film. This movie is so pa
thetically acted and written that
it would have made a good Leslie
Nielsen comedy. The fact this
film has been played up as being
the first big movie of the spring
just goes to show how stupid Hol
lywood thinks we are as the audi
ence.
The main actress in this
movie (if you can call her an ac
tress), is the one and only Pamela
Anderson Lee.
The plot is weak; it is about
Espresso,
a hired gun/bounty hunter named
Barb Wire (Lee) who gets mixed
up in the second American Civil
War. At first Barb decides not to
be on either side;of.the war. But
after someone very close to her is
killed by the bad guys she decides
to take up arms for the rebels. The
ensuing scene involves Lee show
ing off her kick boxing and shoot
ing ability. She ends up helping
the rebels get out of America, to
a safe haven, Canada. So now you
have heard the whole plot.
Please, I beg you, don’t go see
this movie. The more people that
go see this movie, the more people
Hollywood has fooled into going
to a bad B movie.
If you would like a good story
involving the character Barb Wire
go buy the comic book.
So far American’s have given
SottAs,
Hollywood a clear picture that we,
as the audience, won’t go see
these movies. Barb Wire opened
last weekend at number 12 mak-
:ing only $1.78 million. Don’j
waste your time, go see The Craft
the number one movie in America
last weekend, for a more enter
taining movie.
This movie is basically about
showing off Pamela Anderson
Lee’s well paid for body in as
many leather suits as possible. If
you do want to see this movie, ei
ther go see it during the economy
times or wait till it comes out on
video.
This movie is rated R for vio
lence, language and lots of nudity.
Come on, what did you expect?
It’s a Pamela Anderson Lee
movie.
Grade: D+
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