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...empty classrooms of the John Fleer School in Chicago, Ill. That makes this heart-warming tale of pubescent-bonding much simpler, of course, since females don't get in the way. Their absence casts a strange aura over this film, where the only libidinous urges come from Ruth Gordon, playing a grandmother with lust in her heart. Not that sex should be everything. But in tenth grade, sex is everything...
...hero at once, a difficult role for any actor, and a task just beyond Makepeace's grasp. But Baldwin and Matt Dillon, as big bully Melvin Moody, are superb in roles no less difficult. As for the adults, Martin Mull and John Houseman appear fleetingly, and Ruth Gordon sticks to her tried-and-true role as a sex-hungry...
...GORDON'S OLD PARTNER, Bud Cort, of Harold and Maude fame, stars as Max Brown in a Canadian production of Max Braithwaite's novel Why Shoot the Teacher? The film reportedly set all kinds of box-office records in Canada--it's set in Saskatchewan and was filmed in Alberta--and it's easy to see why. Like My Bodyguard, it emphasizes real people in real situations--a young schoolteacher in a barren Canadian farmers' town...
...Gordon Ramsay, a lawyer for developers attempting to convert an apartment building at 295 Harvard St. to a cooperative, warned the council last night that individual members might be "held liable for considerable money damages" if they "interfered" with the formation of cooperatives...
This is a small, frail movie, but it grapples honestly with some archetypal adolescent problems. It also contains some decent comedy involving Clifford's family - his father (Martin Mull) as a harassed hotel manager, his grandmother (Ruth Gordon) as a dotty eccentric. Actor-Producer Tony Bill, in his directorial debut, gets good use out of his Chicago locations, and he has an unmushy view of teen-age life. Grownups may feel a trifle odd stepping up to the box office for this one if unescorted by a child but, with one along, may find surprising dividends. My Bodyguard...