Word: denouements
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Once the finale does arrive, it turns out to be a cheat. The story's relationships are not satisfactorily resolved, and we are left with a melodramatic denouement that recalls, of all movies, the Judy Garland version of A Star Is Born. It is quite a comedown from Coming Home's superb opening sequence, in which maimed veterans heatedly debate the war over a game of pool...
...aching loneliness and cultural malaise. When Verna, for the sake of her nonexistent career, jilts an Army captain whom she loves, she ceases to be a colorful eccentric and becomes a tragic victim of her bankrupt, fan-magazine values. By the time the film reaches its ironic denouement, Innaurato's nostalgic affection for Verna's old-fashioned innocence has turned into pity...
...Denver is on trial for slandering an odious religious crusader (Paul Sorvino). Shuffling to the rescue, God re-states His message to the court, does a card trick, and vanishes. No tape can record His voice, so only the court will know He was there for real. In the denouement, Burns assures Denver that even if one person in the court retains His message, the Word will spread and faith will be re-instilled in the people. As the music swells, Burns hobbles off into the park and vanishes...
...reportorial efforts of Woodward and Bernstein as especially worthy of condemnation. Price describes their second Watergate book, The Final Days, as an example of "hateploitation." At several points in his own book, Price directly challenges the Woodstein reconstruction of specific events and of various individuals' thoughts during the Watergate denouement. "My feelings about that book are pretty much unprintable," Price says...
...witticisms or the sentiments of his countrymen to stirring rhetoric. Schary's script, however, never allows enough room for the full power of Roosevelt's formidable personality, as portrayed by the ubiquitous Robert Vaughn, to reveal itself. Before a scene can build sufficient dramtic tension, an unsatisfying and petty denouement intrudes. Before the audience can become relaxed with Roosevelt's humorous side, the script plunges both character and crowd into the tedium of yet another event. In an effort to include as many "events" from Roosevelt's life as possible, every incident is shortchanged and treated hastily. A choppy, poorly...