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...Army doctor, is the only person with the expertise, the guts and, dammit, the nobility to solve this apocalyptic poser. Screenwriters Laurence Dworet and Robert Roy Pool have given him a requisition brainy-dishy ex-wife (Rene Russo), an agitated boss (Morgan Freeman), a helpful colleague (Kevin Spacey, who is very good) and plucky Major Salt to steer Sam through an unlikely airplane battle at the climax. But in movies like this, a man must stand alone. It's a mild hoot to watch Certified Great Actor Hoffman play an action hero. Note the Clint-like glint in his eyes...
...told the court she rose at 5:30 a.m. daily to fix breakfast and drive the older child to school; the younger came with her to Senate day care, where she had lunch with him and logged him out many days well before the 6 p.m. closing time. Her boss, Senator Orrin Hatch, testified that when the Senate was in recess, about half the year, he supported her going home early. A psychiatrist, chosen and seen by both parties, found that Greene, who had insisted that there be an au pair in the house even when he was unemployed...
...years, Jack returns to Las Colinas with his soon-to-be third wife, Virginia (Jenni Paredes), a suitably annoying blonde Southern bimbo archetype. Jack has promised to take Virginia to the cotillion that evening and to announce their engagement at a luncheon the next day. His highpowered corporate boss, a forceful cellular presence, seems to have other plans...
Lacking the guts to say no to his boss or break the bad news to Virginia, Jack asks for Karin's help. He has to skip the cotillion, get to California for a business meeting, and return in time for the luncheon the next day, all without Virginia's knowledge. In spite of herself, Karin has Virginia out cold within minutes. Grandmother Mallard, imbibing nearly half a bottle of Scotch between her shampoo and set, passes on to a better world. With two bodies and two deep breaths, the action is rolling...
...your losses. He never went through a bear market. He was lacking that bit in the learning curve when you say, 'I've made a mistake. I've got to get out of here.' He didn't have the courage-or the experience-to go to the boss and admit failure and ask how to get out of it." She adds: "These kids are just learning to walk, and suddenly they are put in charge of too much. They are still in nappies. They don't know what they don't know...