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Besides maintaining the audience's attention with their scenic variety, these segments contribute to the movie's understated wit. One moment the Spectors let Lucy and Sam, the teenagers, borrow their car. Michael says to his wife, "Admit it--your most paranoid fantasy--they run off with the baby and the car, only stopping long enough to rip off a few convenience stores, and we end up on Geraldo as the most gullible people in America." The next moment the kids return, and the Spectors pretend they never worried...

Author: By Gayle BETH Fenster, | Title: Twisted Family Tree | 10/27/1989 | See Source »

Baker Boys is a spiritual heir of the typical romantic comedies of the 1940s--lots of music and wit--but with an '80s edge that at times seems to cut the viewer unfairly...

Author: By Stephen J. Newman, | Title: Torch Song Trio | 10/13/1989 | See Source »

...LOVE. An infusion of wit and imagination raises this police film above the rank and file. One of New York's finest (Al Pacino) pursues a serial killer who is stalking womanizers; the likeliest suspect (Ellen Barkin) is also the best bet to comfort our hero...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Critics' Voices: Oct. 9, 1989 | 10/9/1989 | See Source »

Tuxedo-clad sophomore males will be out in full force in the coming weeks. They'll be smiling and laughing in their attempts to impress veteran clubbies with their wit, their style and, in many cases, their father's net worth. It may be their first entrance into the discriminatory, closed-minded world of the clubs. For many, unfortunately, it won't be their last...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Boycott the Clubs | 10/5/1989 | See Source »

...LOVE. An infusion of wit and imagination raises this police film above the rank and file. One of New York's finest (Al Pacino) pursues a serial killer who is stalking womanizers; the likeliest suspect (Ellen Barkin) is also the best bet to comfort our hero...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Critics' Voices: Oct. 2, 1989 | 10/2/1989 | See Source »

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