.....you know like this and 'Black Widow', 'Fatal Attraction' and 'No way Out'--a boomlet c.87 that didn't last that long. Nice try though at least......
I liked this over-all, though what doesn't really work:unclear plot line of baddies-you lose track of what mob guy did what to who, just names, we never see them in action. Accents slip and slide in and outta focus, stop trying to be a cajun if you can't do it, no one will mind. And the plausibility that Quaid and Barkin would fall for each other so fast/stay together despite the arrest and etc--well you get the point. Yah it's just a movie.
What works--great background music, on-site filming, nice turns by Beatty and Persky, fun to see John Goodman as the baddie-no red herring there, pre-Roseanne even-and of course, the performances by Quaid and Barkin are indeed very good. I bought their chemistry, and yes I do see why this (briefly) made her into a star. This and 'Sea of Love' though, seem to be about her only hits; plenty more work followed but nothing we notice per se.
Check it out--it rambles a bit and you get tired of some of the plot-twists, but it is worthy of your time.
*** outta ****
I liked this over-all, though what doesn't really work:unclear plot line of baddies-you lose track of what mob guy did what to who, just names, we never see them in action. Accents slip and slide in and outta focus, stop trying to be a cajun if you can't do it, no one will mind. And the plausibility that Quaid and Barkin would fall for each other so fast/stay together despite the arrest and etc--well you get the point. Yah it's just a movie.
What works--great background music, on-site filming, nice turns by Beatty and Persky, fun to see John Goodman as the baddie-no red herring there, pre-Roseanne even-and of course, the performances by Quaid and Barkin are indeed very good. I bought their chemistry, and yes I do see why this (briefly) made her into a star. This and 'Sea of Love' though, seem to be about her only hits; plenty more work followed but nothing we notice per se.
Check it out--it rambles a bit and you get tired of some of the plot-twists, but it is worthy of your time.
*** outta ****