duane@anasazi.UUCP (Duane Morse) (04/08/85)
Siskel and Ebert loved this movie, and the local reviewer compared Al Brooks to an early Woody Allen, so I really looked forward to seeing this movie. I assumed it would be as funny as "Airplane", though perhaps not in the same style. The movie is a BOMB! The most enjoyable part was the malted milk balls I ate at the start. I chuckled four or five times in the course of the movie, and no one in the theatre seemed to be enjoying the movie more than that. Briefly, the movie's about an advertising executive and his wife who want to "drop" out of society ala Easy Rider. The acting (Julie Haggerty, Al Brooks) is ok, but the story stinks. I never identified with either character, nor did they evoke any sympathy, and the situations they get into are, at best, only mildly funny. I used discount tickets to see the movie, and I felt I had wasted my money. I wouldn't even watch this on cable TV. Duane Morse International Anasazi @ Phoenix, Az.
ccrstevew@ucdavis.UUCP (Steve Wilhelm) (05/20/85)
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lwe3207@acf4.UUCP (Lars Warren Ericson) (05/25/85)
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Lost in America: Bleah. Subnominal TV-quality movie.
What it had to say was said better faster by in the character of the New
Jersey hot tub saleman in in "Desperately Seeking Susan", which was in
itself not a totally deep film. The rest was reminiscent of National
Lampoon's "Vacation".
Lars Ericson
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