Word: lahti
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Mary Tyler Moore) is the ideal mom. She loves hubby (Ted Danson) and the kids; she stretches her body on the rack of aerobics to atone for uncommitted sins. And yet something is missing: oh, a sense of her own radiant personhood. Can she find it with Sandy (Christine Lahti), a TV reporter who needs a best friend too? Maybe not, since, by just the darnedest coincidence, Holly's hubby and Sandy's lover are the same wonderful...
...plant seem ripe to make an oddball ensemble, Director Jonathan Demme deflects their few chances for feminist fun. Through the oilcloth of nostalgia one can still spot some fine performances. Hawn unerringly registers Kay's every emotion with the wide-eyed intensity of a six-year-old; Christine Lahti is a delight as the tart cookie who lives next door; Holly Hunter shines as a brand-new war widow. With their devoted handiwork, the Swing Shift aircraft almost takes off. -By Richard Corliss
...performances of Hawn, Russel, and Christine Lahti, who plays Kay's best friend, that offer the only real enjoyment in the film. Kay develops a close friendship with an ex-singer and fellow factory worker named Hazel (Lahti) and the two become inseparable. Through her relationship with both Hazel and Lucky, as well as her newfound independence. Kay changes from a prudish Kewpie- doll like character to a more assertive, sensitive woman. Goldie Hawn's earnest and expressive face frequently compensates for the film's many weaknesses...
Although Hawn, Russel and Lahti are effective together--playing, carousing, even arguing -- even their camaraderie does not escape the contrived manipulations of the film. Why does Kay finally decide to go out with Lucky after she's turned him down every week for the last month? Her awkward explanation. "You know I think you're really swell" is hardly a sufficient clue. Was her initial reluctance coy, or indicative of some inner moral turmoil...
Rounding out the bullpen is an interesting trio: Cincinnati reject Doug Bair (5-3, 8 saves, 2.62), rookie Jeff Lahti (5-3, 3.86), and the aged veteran, the old slowballer himself, 43-year-old Jim Kaat (5-2, 2 saves...