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...Richard Schickel. Rported by Martha Smilgis/Los Angeles
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...wimp. Burt Reynolds is out - even to Burt Reynolds. Waiting around for the beloved to make up her mind is equally unwise. The role model here is Michael Caine, "a nice guy who isn't afraid to admit to the odd doubt, the sudden fear." A film critic, Schickel prefers to collect aphorisms from actors rather than philosophers. Dudley Moore is heard in praise of "the meaningful one-night stand." Woody Allen analyzes those who labor on their liaisons: "I always think they're wrong. The things that are really pleasurable in life, whether it's playing...
...American movies are rarely as alert as The Four Seasons is to the tensions implicit in friendship, to the social conventions by which people try to control the anxieties of ordinary life, and one cannot help responding warmly to the good work of an obviously decent man. -By Richard Schickel...