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...taking off his shirt, and Tom Cruise, who has played lawyers, for Pete's sake, in his last two huge hits (A Few Good Men and The Firm). Audiences also doted on actors old enough to be grandfathers: Ford in The Fugitive, Sean Connery in Rising Sun, Clint Eastwood in In the Line of Fire...
When it comes to movies like Chantilly Lace, a male TV critic has to be open-minded. Women in Hollywood, after all, don't have it easy. Stars like Clint Eastwood remain sex symbols into their 60s, while their female counterparts are all but washed up at 40. Younger actresses too are reduced to fighting over second-fiddle roles in mediocre action films. Even in TV movies, where women dominate, the roles are boringly one-dimensional (the woman victimized or triumphant over tragedy). So attention must be paid to this Showtime movie in which seven good actresses get to emote...
...true mastermind, Malkovich's character seems to be the cleverest person on the screen, which forces us to see Horrigan as someone definitely past his prime. Booth is a deep villain who sees meaning to what he's doing and attacks Eastwood's character psychologically. As a source of suspense, Malkovich's character is limitless, especially with the phone close-ups and chase scenes designed by director Wolfgang Peterson...
Peterson's style is conservative and appealing but leaves most of the attention to fall on Eastwood and the other players. He does show skill at foreshadowing by cleverly showing Frank empty his pockets early in the movie to build a joke as well as giving a long pan of the hotel tower to build suspense for the climax. In fact, the scenes form a nice web of interlocking pieces that help the film's consistency...
With the high-quality cast including Eastwood's caring macho attitude and Malkovich's malevolence, the bad romance is easily forgotten and the audience is left with a satisfying adventure...