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...pool. It is a bizarre, unfunny scene that sets the tone for this lukewarm comedy. The next scene shows the now familiar Mary Katherine in school, first being mocked by the class beauty, Evian (Elaine Hendrix), and then pining away for the most popular guy in school, Sky (Will Ferrel). Undaunted, Mary Katherine longs to be a Hollywood superstar so she can get her first movie-style kiss, preferably from Sky. Opportunity presents itself in the form of a talent contest held at her school. Meanwhile the slightly deranged fellow classmate Slater (Glynis Johns) develops a crush on Mary Katherine...
...bits to counter the film's doldrums. The sequence in which Mary Katherine's grandmother reveals the truth about her parents' death is the inspired slapstick that leads to laughing out loud. Equally funny is the short episode in which Evian visits Sky's house to apologize, showcasing Will Ferrel's bufoonish charm. Parochial school jokes are few, but sometimes memorable. Note the sponsors on the banners announcing the student talent competition. And there are all of Mary Katherine's usual quirks--sticking her hands under her armpits, her movie-of-the-week monologues, and her agitated...
...that featured a hotel break-in and a commander-in-chief for whom "Tricky Dick" was merely a nickname. But don't expect a probing look at the famous scandal. Dick is playing for laughs: portraying the key Watergate figures are such comedians as Jim Bruer and Will Ferrel of Saturday Night Live and Dave Foley of Newsradio. Director and co-writer Fleming has said the film will also focus quite a bit on the everyday lives of its teenage heroines. Clearly, then, he hopes to appeal to both the young WB set and to adults who remember Watergate first...
...Ferrel Atkins Charleston, Illinois...
...forces."Helms is doing what he does best: playing the role of a vociferous attack dog tearing at the Administration, even though he is now slated to assume a position of considerable power as the next chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee . Says Raleigh News & Observer political writer Ferrel Guillory -- who has spent many years covering the senator: "The rhetoric he employs is (in tune with) the politics of opposition. "He is better at opposing a program than starting a program." And since this plays well with his voters, don't expect a change in his style. "There...