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Word: riche (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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Some say the reason Connally so enjoys "deep rugs and rich...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hot on the Campaign Trail | 9/10/1979 | See Source »

...Franny get sick of their respective bickering parents, they run away to spend an illicit weekend acting out the fantasies of romance, something that is absent in their homes. While this plot offers plenty of opportunities for big laughs and emotional ironies, the film rarely mines them. Most of Rich Kids consists of mild scenes that sound better in principle than they play onscreen...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Poor Grownups | 9/3/1979 | See Source »

...meanwhile, is required to go into a burlesque rage at the mere mention of her ex-husband's name. Ross shows far more respect for the kids, who are so truthfully drawn that they seem to have wandered in from another movie. Still, credible grownups are needed if Rich Kids' conflicts are to have any meaning...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Poor Grownups | 9/3/1979 | See Source »

...that are worthwhile. The final confrontation between the kids, their parents and the parents' lovers is an all too typical disaster. A potentially hilarious climax ends up looking like a chaotic dress rehearsal, just as this potentially powerful movie collapses under the wreckage of its confused intentions.-Frank Rich...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Poor Grownups | 9/3/1979 | See Source »

...What is needed is some sort of theatricality-if not the forthright vulgarity of DeMille, then at least the romanticism of David Lean. With its incongruous mix of radical content and stodgy style, Remarkable Men is as doomed as an artistic collaboration between Werner Erhard and Lawrence Welk.-Frank Rich...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Hot Air | 9/3/1979 | See Source »

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