gwithers

I must agree with the comments from Canada. I've never thought that David Spade was remotely amusing and I don't understand why people find him talented at all. Maybe this prejudiced me against the movie but I thought this was one movie that didn't need to get made.

This one was very intriguing. Faye Dunaway didn't actually "fall in love with" Columbo, nor he with her. They were playing mind games with each other. At the end, Columbo called his wife and told her he loved her. You were supposed to wonder "Where on earth is Mrs. Columbo" and why is he acting like he really cares about Faye Dunaway's character? FD's character underestimated the wily Lt. and her vanity made her think that Columbo was too distracted by her charms to risk making her angry. There was also a not-so-subtle lesbian implication, because the viewers weren't sure whether Claudia Christian was her daughter or her former girlfriend.

Faye Dunaway looks more attractive as she ages which is rare for a fair-skinned woman. She looked like white trash when she was young and now she has style and sophistication and classic good looks.

I think she really deserved an Emmy for her role here, and it shows what a fine actor she is when given a decent role (unlike that over-the-top cartoonish Mommie Dearest).

What is it with some people? You find a word that sounds like you are knowledgeable about the film industry and use it to death. Never mind if its correct, just use it and sound like you are some intellectual film critic. Ha!

That said, why were we supposed to care about the lives of two washed-up bores? By the time Terry (Jeff Bridges) found Jessie (Rachel Ward) in Mexico, I had long stopped caring whether she was alive or dead.

The so-called plot - a bad-tempered, rebellious brat (acting more like a silly teenager than a grown woman) lives with a gangster to spite her wealthy family. They fight, she leaves him and is supposedly so intriguing that he hires a has-been football player to find her and bring her back. When Terry finds her, he falls in love with her. Why? She was a rude, cold, manipulative liar. Neither one of these characters was fleshed out enough to make them appealing.

I felt sorry for Jake (James Wood). Yes, he was a shady type but he genuinely cared about Jessie and trusted Terry to find her. I don't think he would have tried to hurt her or make her stay if she really let him know that she was through with him. He just wanted a second chance and was willing to do whatever it took to get it. He was betrayed both by Terry and his hired help, Tommy (Dorian Harewood). He even defended the goon when someone made an insulting comment about him. He had loyalty to the people who worked for him, which doesn't make him seem that bad. At least he was honest enough to know what he was and not make excuses. How was Jessie's mother's friend Ben any better? Ben was Jake's boss but because he was wealthy and hid behind a cloak of "respectability" he pretended to be superior to the Jakes of the world.

Terry should have counted his lucky stars in escaping from the clutches of these repulsive people. I think he should have taken a second look at that legal secretary. She put her life and job on the line to help him and nearly became a doberman's dinner for her trouble!