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When it was first performed at the end of the 16th century, Much Ado must have seemed as modern as Utopia. The main plot dated back to the Greeks: fair Hero is slandered, then allows her lover Claudio to think she has died. But the subplot, in which Hero's cousin Beatrice and Claudio's friend Benedick talk themselves out of and then into love, served up a sexual set-to whose rapier eloquence has inspired just about every British playwright of manners from Congreve to Coward and beyond. While Hero and Claudio played out their fustian collision...
While Ardant manages to be as engaging as her role allows, Trintignant is bland even beyond the dictates of his character. As Vercel, he comes across as unequivocally wimpy rather than charmingly understated, leaving the romantic subplot quite unconvincing--mildly grotesque, in fact, as the love scenes inevitably resemble unmotivated assaults...
...addition to the goal of captaining the 'pot, the Fuscos and their teasers know there is a subplot--the Crimson's attempt to avenge a 10-4 drubbing at the hands of first-round opponent Boston College in January. As Mark says. "I think we have a few debts to pay off. I am going to enjoy doing that on Monday...
Where the movie should have focused on the interplay of the 20th-century Swann and the 19th-century villagers, it remains fascinated by old-fashioned gunplay. Director William Dear seems to have decided that audiences would never be happy without a shoot-'em-up subplot. All the audience really wants, however, is to see Swann use a little modern-day unfortunately, the cowboy subplot wins out over any such...
...Nolte's and Murphy's relationship is more sensitive and profound. Under their white or Black skins, they are not at all the same person. Nolte is a gruff, WASPish, bigoted cop, while Murphy the convict is affluent and civilized. Their developing friendship inspire of themselves provides the tender subplot to this tough movie...