moriarty@fluke.UUCP (The Napoleon of Crime) (10/20/84)
This movie does not help explain the problems of being a farmer, the anguish
of man's injustice to man, or how to get ectoplasm in a box the size of your
shin. It does make you laugh and smile quite a bit for two hours, tho', and
it seems very satisfied in just being one of the best "comedy" comedies in
years (as opposed to social-comment comedy or dramatic comedy). If they
gave out Academy awards for skill in acting (not just dramatic acting, which
it always rolls around to, but ACTING), Steve Martin would be in the running
very strongly this year. Now that he has hit his stride, I hope that he can
keep it up. Three stars (out of 4).
"But I guess I'm just stating the very obvious (shutup! shutup!...)"
Moriarty, aka Jeff Meyer
John Fluke Mfg. Co., Inc.
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