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...Barbara Benedek, who co-wrote The Big Chill with Immediate Family producer Lawrence Kasdan, pieced together the movie's sentimental screenplay. Benedek's greatest literary strength is her sense of timing. Immediate Family runs at a well-paced clip, which keeps the movie's short segments from becoming disjointed...
Imaginative camera work enhances Benedek's comic vision. The camera looks down from a high angle at the Spectors' home preparations for an artificial insemination attempt, lending the couple's futile but exhaustive efforts an air of absurdity. In another scene the camera stays stationary as Linda moves from room to room, rather than following her. With this kind of cinematography, Immediate Family merely observes human foibles rather than draws attention to them...
Despite thoughtful dialogue, subtle humor and top-notch performances, Benedek's script is plagued by a weak plot and unimaginative characters. The last 45 minutes of Immediate Family drag...
...CHILL; Directed by Lawrence Kasdan Written by Lawrence Kasdan and Barbara Benedek...
...Straw, Benedek claims, subsequently told him that 17 of the 22 pieces of furniture had been sold, but Benedek was never paid his half share of the proceeds. And although Straw had told Benedek that he had a buyer lined up to pay $19 million for the $15 million group of old masters, no payment appeared from that deal either. Benedek became suspicious and, he claims, asked Straw for proof of purchase and sale. Straw did not furnish it. He wrote Benedek two checks totaling $655,000; both bounced. Then he wrote three promissory notes to cover his debts...