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Precisely because of this embarrassing possibility, the Navy assigns Lieut. Daniel Kaffee (Tom Cruise, proving again that a really cute guy can also act really acutely) to defend them at their court-martial. Kaffee's life is all softball, brewskies and smart remarks -- evasions of his grownup responsibilities, his large lawyerly talents and the long shadow of his great- man father. To him, principles are merely things that interfere with cozy plea bargains. He is, in fact -- neat balance here -- an upmarket version of this case's victim, a goof-off in need of some kind of Code Red himself...
...also more laughs. Stiller is capable of turning out a dead-on TV or movie parody, like his takeoff on Cape Fear, with a grownup Eddie Munster as the De Niro-esque psycho. But he rarely settles for the frisson of a good impersonation; his sketches usually give the satiric knife an extra twist or two. In "Amish Studs," the leering host coaxes double entendres out of every innocent comment from chaperoned contestants ("I was impressed with his incredible plowing ability"). In "Legends of Springsteen," a New Jersey rock fan recalls the time when the Boss made a surprise appearance...
...know that this kind of premise usually sets up movies for which audiences ought to be issued batting helmets -- nothing but high hard ones whizzing at us. But writer and director Phil Alden Robinson, the auteur of every grownup American boy's sentimental favorite, Field of Dreams, is pitching smart in his latest start: knucklers and sliders, and maybe the occasional spitter. The result is sweet bemusement...
...bizarre life-styles as seen through the hungry eye of Pamela Trowel, advertising director of Hunter's World magazine. Pam is miscast not only in her career but also as a sex object and surrogate mom of Abdhul, a stray who looks like a child but talks like a grownup. The plot? Forget about it. The characters? Instantly forgettable. It's Janowitz's hyper-real prose servicing a cartoon vision that still marks her as a talent in search of an adequate subject...
...national joke." Keaton and Farrow, his two longtime romantic companions and frequent co-stars, often played neurotic child-women, stuttering to finish a sentence, in wry awe of the man in their grasp: Woody Allen. He may have idolized them too, but with the indulgent devotion of a grownup to his precocious daughter...