I love this movie. The one liners are hilarious. Kathleen does a fantastic job as V.I.
One of my favorite scenes is when Vic and Cat go to Murray's house and find him with a woman. The dialog in that scene is laugh out loud funny.
I don't personally understand why this movie didn't do better. Oh well.
"Laugh and the world laughs with you. Sneeze, and it's goodbye Seattle."
I agree with you. Strong female main character, played excellently by Kathleen Turner. I never read the books, didn't even know there were any until just now, so I can't compare it to them.
I think what sank it was that she did play a strong, independant, smart female lead. Even at the beginning of the `90s, you just didn't see this kind of character played by women.
I just watched it on video today, and thought it's was pretty entertaining. It's not THAT bad. I've seen better, but I thought it was okay.
shareI liked it, it was silly and fun. And in 1991 there werent a lot of female heroes that were taken seriously, at least not in crime comedies or cop thrillers.
But it wasnt great and you have to remember it was competing with a lot of awesome action flicks like Star Trek 6 and Terminator 2. Silly schlock like this was falling by the wayside. Tango & Cash didnt do well either, was made with an 80's style in the 90's, people were tired of it.
On a side note I wish I could see it. Was on HBO a thousand times back then but now I cant get it on netflix or through Amazon.
EDIT:
Nevermind, I checked Amazon for the first time in months. Sure enough its out now. On Bluray for freakin 5 dollars, new. Sweet deal. Theres also a bunch of other classics on bluray. They started popping up when I put this in my cart.
Sure enough its out now. On Bluray for freakin 5 dollars, new.
I'm with you, TDMM....
I got my Bluray copy for one buck from Dollar Tree as well.
However, I didn't think the movie was all that. It WAS worth a dollar. Had I kicked down $5.00, I'd probably feel I had gotten screwed.
But watching this, I kinda wish someone would have made a Lauren Bacall bio pic (back in the early 90's) and had Kathleen Turner star. I think she would have been great. Too late now, I'm afraid...
I found I liked the character of V.I. Warshawski, and the way Turner played her... I didn't like much of anything else this movie had to offer.
Trust me,
Swan
My, you're nosey, aren't you?
That's the problem, it's not supposed to be funny. It'd be like making a Jack Reacher movie and casting a really short actor. Oh wait...
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