Word: cuteness
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...egos, then you have, at least, a package you can get produced, if not exactly a movie the whole world is waiting for. True to the packager's creed, Yes, Giorgio has something for everyone whose taste was formed in the '50s; lots of cute lovers' spats but no visible sex, a rich range of overlit settings for a parade of Pavarotti's greatest hits, plus a funny nun, two funny servants and a not-so-funny food fight (in case someone from the Animal House crowd wanders in by mistake). Franklin J. Schaffner has directed...
...available, fear of extraordinary academic failure (with concurrent anxiety that admissions-office computer made error), agony that infatuating face prefers one's own roommate, disquieting sense that life at home has changed in one's absence, exasperation at sarcastic attitude of hometown friends and family about fancyschmancy college (with cute regional pronunciation of college name...
Lina has come to santorini to escape jealousy and confinement She thinks Michael is cute but has no interest in breaking up the Ken-and-Barbie relationship she sees giggling on-the balcony 50 yards from her own. Bur wait...this is Santorini, island of passion. Lina's willing to try a sub-let arrangement on Michael's taut brown body, and lo and behold, Miss Wonderbread, Cathy, finds the whole thing kinky enough to give it a whirl. They all fall in love with the concept and move in together...
...DeLuise again, less lucky than he is in The Secret of NIMH). His part is so badly written that he never develops either menace or humor. The rest of the movie talks dirty in a witless way, yet always looks cute and sanitized. In its roundheeled way it wants to please everyone...
Director Arthur Hiller wanted a cute film. He can't resist focusing his camera on the mischievous faces of the kids at the dinner table, or the birthday cake that goes sailing into Pacino's face. The theme song emphasizes the point with its ridiculous refrain: "Comin' home to you is like comin' home to milk and cookies...