They Should Have Stuck With Just The Comedy
If the writers had just stuck with the comedy instead of -- once again
- laying down their heavy-handed Leftist cultural agenda - this would have been a very entertaining and fun film. Certainly the "voice" of the head in the basket (you have to see this to know what I mean) was funny. With surround sound, it was particularly effective. All of sudden, you hear a voice come out of one of your rear speakers and it's this head coming from inside a box! It's funny, believe me. So were other parts but then the film turns into another typical preaching about racism in the South and then gives - courtesy of Fannie Flagg playing a waitress - an anti-religious cheap shot or two. "Religious" people are usually referred to in film as "fanatics," as Flagg says here. People who espouse Left Wing causes, from the environment to abortion to PETA, are never called fanatics. I wonder why that is? Too bad the bias had to enter because it was a fun film to that point with Melanie Griffith, Lucas Black and David Morse all doing a fine job.. 
Banderas has a future, as a director
A bittersweet, clever, politically-correct, courageous
black comedy. An european taste in US locations. Interesting director, Banderas; wonderful roles for Griffith, Meatloaf, Steiger. US rated PG-13, but recommendable also for (smart and strong) 10-agers.. |
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