Word: smarted
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Sputnik, but it is a surprise. Somehow one did not think of the Soviet Union as being full of women wearing smart suits, conducting complicated careers and wondering, of a lonely evening, where all the strong, decent and interesting men have gone. Certainly few would have guessed that the Soviets would be the first to turn out a thoroughly pleasing romantic comedy of the feminist persuasion. Next thing you know, someone will be trying to tell us the Japanese make better small cars than...
...then, you have to wonder a little bit about the man with the satchel of explosives. If he is so smart, why does he leave, where any dumb flatfoot can find it, a map with one of his targets circled...
Carmen observes this convention: all the performers dutifully roll their r's--all, that is, except Bunthorne and Grosvenor. As Bunthorne, Marty Fluger speaks his lines in a throaty, smart-ass tone that sounds like something between Groucho Marx and Frank Zappa--the Groucho resemblance heightens as Fluger lifts his eyebrows and flicks ashes off of an imaginary cigar. In the role of Grosvenor, Tim Reynolds, tall, tan, mustachioed, with his shirt unbuttoned to his navel, resembles nothing so much as a swinger in a single's bar. It would be the most natural thing for this Grosvenor to sidle...
...real smart player," Doyle said. "He's ready to shoot when you give him the ball. And he scores when he gets the ball in front...
...right, Frank (James Caan) is good at his craft. And Thief deserves credit for presenting a hard, cool look at how the ancient art of safecracking has adapted itself to the latest advances in electronics and metallurgy. But if Frank is too smart ever to get caught in the act, the fuzz might consider busting Michael Mann's debut film for loitering with intent to talk existential philosophy at the scene of the crime...