Word: ringwald
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...Russell, adapted by Valerie Curtin). In the giddy days of bathtub gin -- much guzzling in all three stories, by the way -- the coitus of an aging rake (Peter Weller) and a nubile flapper is rendered interruptus by untimely calls from his other women. Former teen queen Molly Ringwald delivers her lioness's share of the Parker sallies with engaging zest but seems a bit too twentysomethingly modern for a tart of the Roaring Twenties...
When Betsy (brat-pack actress Molly Ringwald) announces her marriage plans, Hopper decides he is going to throw the biggest, most amazing wedding the whole damned world has ever seen. His decision is cemented when his pride is wounded by his in-laws-to-be. Betsy's fiance Jake comes from a wealthy family from the East Side of Manhattan. His family is in investment banking--they buy and sell companies, Betsy explains to her chubby Italian aunt--and offer to pay for the whole soiree in high style. ("At the Plaza Hotel, maybe?" they suggest.) Hopper, at the suggestion...
...Ringwald alone does not not impress. She has yet to go beyond the formula she found in the beginning of her career. She whines, she pouts, she looks tremulous and annoys. She--again--wears wacky clothes. The only thing that has changed is the color of her famous mop--it has gotten progressively more orange and progressively less flattering. Ringwald would be better off spending less time at the hairdresser and more time enrolled in a decent acting class...
This year will be Miramax's biggest test. Four of the 14 films it is distributing were also produced by Miramax. Two of these are already in some trouble. Strike It Rich, with Molly Ringwald, has bombed, and The Lemon Sisters, with Diane Keaton, has been delayed for reworking. Miramax must also contend with greater competition from the big studios. Warner, for instance, outbid Miramax last year for the documentary-style Roger & Me, a major hit. The brothers insist there is still plenty of room in Tinseltown for the little guy. Says Harvey: "We try to be like Rolls-Royce...