Word: cutely
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...spruced up the 200-room Paddlewheel Hotel for just $10 million, which is valet-tip money to Steve Wynn. Debbie makes do with her own perky energy. And makes more of less. "Welcome to my new little theater!" she tells visitors to her nightly show. "Doncha think it's cute...
...Debbie's still cute. Her audiences, with hair the color of a cloudless Vegas sky, may come to the show thinking, as she jokes, "We're gonna go see Debbie before she dies." But the star of Singin' in the Rain, Tammy and the Bachelor, The Unsinkable Molly Brown and some messy '50s headlines ain't down yet. And she ain't just cute. There's a platinum will under her blond perm (as her daughter Carrie Fisher suggested in the fond, acerbic novel and film Postcards from the Edge). And there's a vision in Debbie's show...
Caton-Jones, at least, tried hard. You can-glimpse his effort in cute little by-the-way details. When MacGregor finally slaughters Cunningham (now you know--hopefully you won't bother to see for yourselves), the Marquis stoops over the body and pulls a cameo of Archie's mother out of the dead man's vest. Is the Marquis Archie's father? Intriguing, but we wish there had been some hint of the relationship beforehand. "Rob Roy" is fully of similar lagunas. One of the most glaring is the fade-out over the course of the film of the clan...
While Peter is comatose, Lucy is warmly accepted by Peter's family. She is unwilling to tell the truth concerning her non-existent engagement, and promptly falls for Peter's conveniently conscious, cute and single brother, Jack. (Bill Pullman). When Peter eventually wakes up, he is amnesiatic, convinced that Lucy really is his fiancée. Soon enough Peter's real fiancée shows up and the ensuing hijinx are anything but hilarious...
...While You Were Sleeping" attempts to be a romantic comedy with farsical plot twists. Most probably, only your stomach will twist with each painful attempt to craft a cute, witty, clever and plausible plot. In fact, so much of the film revolves around overheard and misconstrued conversations that you'll think you just bought an eight dollar ticket to see "Three's Company: The Movie...