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...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...
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...
...shield Garry from sexual autograph hunters. A would-be ingenue (Kate Burton) pinions him and won't take goodbye for an answer. After a night of love, the manager's wife and the producer's mistress (Christine Lahti) hears the tintinnabulation of wedding bells...
Cassavetes is at his saturnine best in this role, and Christine Lahti is fine as a more sympathetic M.D. Two other supporting performances, both offcast, are emblematic of the care with which Whose Life has been made. One is by Bob Balaban as Ken's attorney. This is the third time this year that Balaban has played a lawyer (Prince of the City and Absence of Malice are the others), but the slick prosecutor of his earlier outings has here given way to a stammering humanism. The other is by Ken McMillan, the vulgarian of True Confessions and Ragtime...
Sloppy field conditions did not slow down the Crimson's potent passing attack, led by seniors Joe Lahti and Mike Buchanan, who threw for more than 200 vards...