lmaher@uokvax.UUCP (08/09/84)
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uokvax!lmaher Aug 8 22:43:00 1984
If you really loved the TV commercials for _Best Defense_, then
maybe you'll really love the movie. After all, the funniest
parts were the ones shown on TV. It doesn't get any better.
This certainly doesn't hold a candle to Murphy's previous two
films, or even to Dudley Moore's.
The characters are not appealing, the plot is predictable, and
even the clever split-scene climax is a foregone conclusion. The
only bright spot in the whole movie is the excessively laid-back
California Industrial Spy ("Like, give me the plans or I'll blow
your brains out. That'd be a bummer, like wouldn't it, now?")
On my scale, it gets a see-it-only-if-you-were-going-to-no-
matter-what-I-said.
Carl
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