Word: mastrantonio
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...JANUARY MAN. Not a conventional whodunit. The mysteries in this spitball comedy are matters of the eccentric heart: How will a New York City fireman (Kevin Kline) win back his ex-girlfriend (Susan Sarandon) or find accommodating love with the mayor's daughter (Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio) ? John Patrick Shanley, whose luminous script for Moonstruck won an Oscar, scores again here...
...JANUARY MAN. Not a conventional whodunit. The mysteries in this spitball comedy are matters of the eccentric heart: How will a New York City fireman (Kevin Kline) win back his ex-girlfriend (Susan Sarandon) or find accommodating love with the mayor's daughter (Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio) ? John Patrick Shanley, whose luminous script for Moonstruck won an Oscar, scores again here...
...JANUARY MAN. Not a conventional whodunit. The mysteries in this spitball comedy are matters of the eccentric heart: How will a New York City fireman (Kevin Kline) win back his ex-girlfriend (Susan Sarandon) or find accommodating love with the mayor's daughter (Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio) ? John Patrick Shanley, whose luminous script for Moonstruck won an Oscar, scores again here...
...well. Nick asks her to listen to the wine breathe, serves octopus for the main course and generally comes on too strong. It is also inevitable that a perfect substitute for Christine will soon turn up. And it does, in the form of the mayor's daughter (Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio). This is not love as usual; this is the need for sexual revenge...
...Macauleys often seem like extras in their own story. Marcus' death in battle is not as moving as it should be, for instance, because the character is not introduced, except by reference, until well into the second act. And the happy-end romance between his sister (Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio) and a war buddy is an emotional afterthought. Further, the libretto is often awkwardly phrased and rhymed: "Don't tell me your love/ Has been killed off by time./ It can still be fulfilled,/ Fulfilled by mine...