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...trouble is that rude realism keeps raising its voice, breaking in on the fun. The sound track naturally resounds with the orgasmic hammering of the Lewis beat, wails with the simple, not to say crude, sexual metaphors of his lyrics. Dennis Quaid very successfully re-creates his dervish-like stage presence (he made Elvis' pelvis look as if it were stuck in the mud) in a portrayal that goes over the top in nicely calculated measure. And Winona Ryder contributes a hypnotically enigmatic performance -- articulate innocence and inarticulate knowingness all mixed up -- as the singer's nymphet bride. All these...
EVERYBODY'S ALL-AMERICAN. A college star (Dennis Quaid) peaks early; his prom- queen wife (Jessica Lange) piques often; a star-struck bookworm (Timothy Hutton) peeks into their problems. Taylor Hackford's entertaining soap opera polishes the cliches until they shine like movie truths...
EVERYBODY'S ALL-AMERICAN. A college star (Dennis Quaid) peaks early; his prom- queen wife (Jessica Lange) piques often; a star-struck bookworm (Timothy Hutton) peeks into their problems. Taylor Hackford's entertaining soap opera polishes the cliches until they shine like movie truths...
Wake up, turn on the Today show. Why, there's Dennis Quaid, talking about his new film, Everybody's All-American. Drive to work, turn on the car radio. The local station is running a chat with Jessica Lange, another star of the intriguing new film Everybody's All-American. Park your car, pick up a newspaper, and read an interview with Taylor Hackford, director of that fascinating new film Everybody's All-American. At lunch, walk past the newsstand. Vanity Fair has a cover story on Jessica Lange, star of the new film Everybody's All-American. Get home...
...ironies, have no place in our blandly cynical age. But Hackford (An Officer and a Gentleman) strides easily among movie cliches. His gift is to play them as if they're all new and all true. And this time he has a cast to lend them flesh and nuance. Quaid creates a genuine pathetic hero, first exuding charm, then marketing it. And Hutton, in the thankless role of Gavin's conscience and Babs' would-be lover, makes his clammy patience and docile come-ons darned near authentic...