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...HAVE those days when we wish we just hadn't gotten out of bed. Thanksgiving 1986, was one of those days for one Alexandra Sternburghen alias Viveca Von Loren (Jane Fonda), a down-and-out, little-to-be-thankful-for actress. Lolling around in the sheets of a stranger's bed, she rolls over to find that her lover of the previous eve has a large machete stuck in the middle of his chest. "If that's one of those trick knives, you can pull it out now." Its no trick. Its genuine ginsu...
...point here is not to try to second guess the director or screenwriter by guessing who set Viveca up. Lumet just wants you to sit back and absorb the atmosphere. Let the dirt of L.A. sink into your skin and relish the experience of seeing Jane Fonda look worse than you for once...
...premise for a mystery. But a premise is only a promise, and The Morning After fails to fulfill it. Jane Fonda is, to be sure, awfully good as Alex Sternbergen, a near-miss movie star now trying to drink her leftover life away. She has the style of such women, a mixture of tough talk and flighty vulnerability, down pat. The stranger who tries to help her is an ex-cop with a blue-collar manner. Underneath, however, he glows with the middle-class spirit of the New Man: he is wise, patient, a good lover and a better cook...
After a long acting career and a stintdirecting television shows, Lumet began directingfeature films in 1957 with thecritically-acclaimed "12 Angry Men," which starredHenry Fonda...
Lumet, who said he works a minimum of 14 hours a day while filming a movie, has directed films for over 30 years, including "Network," "Deathtrap," "Long Day's Jouney Into Night," and "The Wiz." His latest film, "The Morning After," starring Jane Fonda, is scheduled for release this Christmas...