This was the late night movie last night, starting at 12 midnight, and I stayed up to watch it until it finished at 2am. And may I say it: What a great film!
It stars Steve Martin, and I know I'll enjoy any movie that he is in. He plays Charlie, a kind hearted, humourous, well know and loved identity to his home town of Nelson, who has a distinguishing characteristic, an overlarge nose (And I can tell you, the make-up department did a great job on this!!). He falls in love with Roxanne (ala Daryl Hannah), and just as he begins to think that she loves him too, she expresses interest in a newly recruited fireman to the town, Chris, who works for Charlie. But the problem is, that this man cannot express his feelings for Roxanne, and gets large nosed Charlie to write letters to Roxanne for him. Roxanne falls in love with Charlie's personality, but Chris' looks. This is a recipe for disaster, and some great funny sequences to follow!!
Poor Charlie managed to seduce Roxanne to bed with him, forgetting for a slight moment that he was actually talking for Chris, who takes over at this point. Truely hilarious, and you feel sorry in the end for poor old kind hearted Charlie. The scene following this when Charlie talks to a group of old ladies returning from a tennis match is probably the funniest 3 minutes of television in which I have ever seen. Watch for it, its a classic!
You all will love the mishaps of the absent minded fire department in which Charlie works for, with one humourous muck up after another, Charlie says 'We dont want people who have a fire in their house to say "Whatever you do, don't call the fire department!"' Very, very funny. All light hearted and fun. You will love it!
'Roxanne' is a great mix of romance and humour - it will brighten you up when you are feeling down no matter how many times you have seen it. A true masterpiece.
When the final credits roll at the end of the film, I guarentee, like myself and many others, that your comments will be "What a nice little film". It's that guarentee that makes this movie so special. Well done Steve Martin!
It stars Steve Martin, and I know I'll enjoy any movie that he is in. He plays Charlie, a kind hearted, humourous, well know and loved identity to his home town of Nelson, who has a distinguishing characteristic, an overlarge nose (And I can tell you, the make-up department did a great job on this!!). He falls in love with Roxanne (ala Daryl Hannah), and just as he begins to think that she loves him too, she expresses interest in a newly recruited fireman to the town, Chris, who works for Charlie. But the problem is, that this man cannot express his feelings for Roxanne, and gets large nosed Charlie to write letters to Roxanne for him. Roxanne falls in love with Charlie's personality, but Chris' looks. This is a recipe for disaster, and some great funny sequences to follow!!
Poor Charlie managed to seduce Roxanne to bed with him, forgetting for a slight moment that he was actually talking for Chris, who takes over at this point. Truely hilarious, and you feel sorry in the end for poor old kind hearted Charlie. The scene following this when Charlie talks to a group of old ladies returning from a tennis match is probably the funniest 3 minutes of television in which I have ever seen. Watch for it, its a classic!
You all will love the mishaps of the absent minded fire department in which Charlie works for, with one humourous muck up after another, Charlie says 'We dont want people who have a fire in their house to say "Whatever you do, don't call the fire department!"' Very, very funny. All light hearted and fun. You will love it!
'Roxanne' is a great mix of romance and humour - it will brighten you up when you are feeling down no matter how many times you have seen it. A true masterpiece.
When the final credits roll at the end of the film, I guarentee, like myself and many others, that your comments will be "What a nice little film". It's that guarentee that makes this movie so special. Well done Steve Martin!