You Can't Hurry Love

Blast from the past with this cast: David Leisure, Frank Bonner (wkrp), Charles Grodin (mister low key), sally kellerman (back to school), Kristy McNichol. In the film, Eddie (Packer) heads to LA to hang with his cousin Skip (McGinnis). The midwest guy has a hard time fitting in, and the job Skip got for him is handing out flyers on the beach! He gives video dating a try, but each date is wackier than the one before. It's a bubble gum flick, with lots of saxophone, and big hair. The actors all show weird smiles after each sentence. There's barely a plot, where mom and dad are trying to convince Eddie to come back home. Of course, there's full frontal female nudity. That's about the only redeeming feature of this one. Moves so slowly. Written and directed by Richard Martini. This was his first direction of a full length film. Seems to have done a bunch of docs recently.

Hardly a great picture, but the guest stars lift it up beyond the usual retread romantic comedy. Charles Grodin has probably 2 minutes of screen time and yet manages to create a complete character out of a few lines. Sally Kellerman and David Leisure are also good. Other minor characters are well-cast. I hate to admit it, but I liked this one.

I think the title is trying to explain why this film ddrrrraaaags along. It's like swimming in molasses. Lots of dialogue here but none of it of any value. I challenge anyone to sit through this entire movie in one sitting without falling asleep or going mad. But then one should expect no less from the co-writer of "Three for the Road", that movie was no winner either. I'm sure this movie looked good to Bridget Fonda on paper, it just should have stayed there.

Okay, the movie was pretty awful, though it didn't make me want to vomit. I'm trying to figure out what the makers of this film were thinking. The most amusing part of the film was of course all the dates that the lead character got set up on. Of course it wasn't all that original because the dates from hell is a standard plot in every movie and sitcom. I am a fan of Bridget Fonda's, and even though she wasn't a big name at the point of this film's making, I have to wonder why she would consent to be in this. Other than she needed the money. I definitely don't need to see this one again. It may have been aiming for charmingly goofy, but it ended up at the destination of head shaking bad.

Picked this up at a church sale for $1 because I never pass up obscure 80s fun, Don't remember this movie coming out, and this one isn't anything to write home about, it came out the same time as Twins, Big, Beetlejuice, Naked Gun, Heathers, and Cocoon, its no wonder I never heard about it, should have come out in 84 and it might have had a chance lol. So except for the fact it has Herb Tarleck, a couple of the Empty Next tv show stars, a young Brigette Fonda (see her in Jackie Brown or Point Of No Return) and the surprise cherry on top Marete Van Kamp, of Princess Daisy, Osterman weekend (opening scene) or Poison Ivy 3 as the Beverly Hills mom at the start, playing a sexy nymph who falls for the lead. Watch it for old 80s Hollywood and L. A scenes you will remember if you were in LA back in 87 like I was, Sunset Blvd, Hollywood Blvd, downtown, good clean fun, Don't expect much just enjoy it for the innocence of the time and happy go lucky hold back on reality types of films of that era. Silly and fun, good for a Sunday Aft after you watch Funny Farm with Chevy Chase lol.