jab@uokvax.UUCP (09/24/84)
I just saw "All of Me", "Until September", and "Places in the Heart".
I'll talk about "Until September" --- you've undoubtedly seen reviews
on reviews on reviews on... on the other two.
"Until September" stars Karen Allen ("Animal House", "Raiders of the
Lost Ark") and Thierry Lhermitte (a french actor, if I'm not mistaken,
that I haven't seen before). It is Richard Marquand's first project since
he directed "Return of the Jedi."
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A cute, flighty American girl (she has "U.S.A." written all over her
harmonica to her cowboy books and jean jacket) finds herself stranded
in Paris. When she stays in a friend's apartment, the neighbor next door
catches her attention. (Her first real statement to him? "You have the
most beautiful eyes I've ever seen." (It's a shame he didn't comment on
her freckles, but then again, she probably would have decked him.))
They fall madly in love. There's this little problem, though: he's married
(you could see it coming). Happily married. (He wants to know why he can't
have a mistress --- all french men, it seems, have a "wife" and a "lover".)
It goes from there. The "falling madly in love" scenes are fine, Marquand
does a good job of showing us their relationship. Only, you don't seem to
get drawn in, as with "Body Heat" and the like. It's not as emotionally
charged as I would have liked, and the camera angles seem a little to much
like "neat USC projects" than commercial cinema.
I would say that when this hits the $2 matinee', and when you want to see
a mushy love story, see this.
Jeff Bowles
Lisle, IL