Word: demis
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Small Affair could, indeed, be a funnier Risky Business: the tale of a camera, a boy, and his loss of innocence. Instead, the film becomes so clumsy that innocence is less lost than simply misplaced between attempts to capture the pop teen market with enlarged pinip posters of Laura (Demi Moore) and a "ssure-hit" soundtrack...
...kind of student naiveté that would equate a speeding ticket with police brutality causes Danny to abandon his stance of amused tolerance. He retreats to a second demi-world, the "motley, traitorous émigré community." Alas, there the exiles have adopted native customs with a vengeance. The women wear gold boots with green hearts and T shirts with breasts printed on them. The men buy calfskin jackets if they can afford them, checkered suits if they cannot. During their frequent alcoholic binges, they plot absurd schemes for a National Liberation Army of the Czechoslovak People that will overthrow...
Victor and Matthew are accompanied by their teenaged daughters, Jennifer (Michelle Johnson) and Nicki (Demi Moore). While the foursome drive along the strip of beach upon arriving at Rio and notice sun bleached bodies cavorting on the sand, Victor asks "Maybe we should talk about 'boys." We see however, as the film progresses, that Victor's parental concerns do not extend any farther than the brief car ride. In fact by the end of the film, we begin to wonder who the children really...
...with excessive mannerisms and a loud voice. Michael Caine, in turn, seems constantly confused, as if he was just thrust in front of the camera and attempting to regain his composure. Caine, however, does the best he can and delivers the few comic moments in the film wonderfully. Finally, Demi Moore puts in the movie's most endearing performance as the disillusioned Nicki who sadly watches her friend Jennifer lead her father astray...
...sparkling wine used for the toasts (Schramsberg Crémant Demi-sec 1981) lacked luster. But the California red (Silver Oak Cabernet Sauvignon 1978) was a western rainbow, smooth and joyous. The beef farci en croũte was a might overdone, but the candy sculpture of birds and flowers (all edible) that decorated the dessert servings was exquisite...