Word: riley
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Enter the traveling Shakespearean theater company, stage left, complete with a Romeo techy named Riley (Eric Roberts). Cassie joins acting classes to escape her monotonous life, but pretty soon she's performing as Juliet offstage as much as on. If she can just cut away her town ties, and trust her slightly mad Romeo, Cassie may find happiness in L.A. But of course that's easier said than done...
Eric Roberts is superb as the unbalanced amorous technician. "I'm not a very secure citizen," Riley confesses, as if anyone needed to ask. Riley blunders, rages and loves his way into Cassie's life, mirroring Cassie's insecurity with his own lifetime of self-doubt. "You'll never do anything worse than I have done," says Riley, to reassure Cassie. Together, Roberts and Arquette's romantic stumblings make Fool a enjoyable, user-friendly film...
...anywhere. Nobody's Fool is another short film that seems very long. There are nice little scenes and nice minor characters, but these nice little things keep coming along without moving the movie very far. The film could have easily been tightened up around the characters of Cassie and Riley without much loss of subplot appeal...
...maturity displayed by Molly and her coterie of rising young stars made a similar impression on Correspondent Michael Riley. While interviewing Laura Dern and Ally Sheedy, Riley found "it was hard to remember that behind an actress's grownup face lurks the mind and heart of a playful girl." Reporter- Researcher William Tynan, who interviewed Rebecca De Mornay, is himself a former TV and stage actor. For Tynan, a story about Hollywood's newest generation evoked old memories. "It was fun to talk about the kind of work I had done years ago," said Tynan. "Also, I could empathize with...
...miracle," Lakers Coach Pat Riley said. "He didn't even see the basket. You just can't beat fate...