Word: bedelia
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...daunting role of Shirley-aging easily from 17 to 42 in 113 minutes of screen time, awakening slowly to the challenge of her own expertise, proving herself one of the boys while still very much Daddy's little girl-Bonnie Bedelia is quietly spectacular. Her soft eyes, tiny voice and sneaky shy smile have previously cast her as the noble loser; here she shows that those emblems of vulnerability can hide reserves of humor and resilience. This is a wonderfully American kind of acting: technically resourceful, but unforced and radiant. Heart Like a Wheel is a pretty darn good...
...haddock and the doctor can't read his own eye chart. The star pupil, whom the newest teacher, Leon Tulchinsky must cure, just learned to sit down a few days ago. Sophia is 18 years old. This would be just another pointless Simon situation commedy--a collection of Amelia Bedelia jokes, as one viewer put it--if it weren't for the necessity of affirmative action...