Racing with the Moon

Racing with the Moon

Paramount

March 23, 1984

Historical Drama, Romance

DVD
C-

I liked the music, scenery, and of course Carol Kane, but I didn't care about the main story or characters.  Steve Kloves wrote and Richard Benjamin directed.

My First Mister

My First Mister

Paramount

October 26, 2001

Dramedy

DVD
C-

One of those movies where I care more about the side characters (in this case the goth girl's mom and stepdad) than the main characters, and not enough.  Christine Lahti directed.

Desperate Characters

Desperate Characters
Paramount
September 22, 1971
Drama
DVD
C-

MacLaine is unhappily married to Mars in Brooklyn.  I bumped this up a notch for a cat and hippie Carol Kane.  Frank D. Gilroy directed and wrote based on the Paula Fox novel.

Big Bully

Big Bully
Warner Bros.
January 26, 1996
Comedy
DVD
C+

Well, this is better than you might expect-- it was a box office bomb and earned Tom Arnold a Razzie Award for Worst Actor*-- which is not to say it's good, but I found it mildly entertaining.  There are a bunch of plot holes (like why does a tiny little town have such a huge middle school?), and certainly Carol Kane could've been used more effectively.  (Don Knotts's age of 71 is used to good effect though.)  But the movie held my interest throughout and I did want to see what would happen next, despite the odd twists and turns.  And that's more than I can say about most of the movies on this blog.

Steve Miner directed.


*I may be wrong, but I think that Tom Arnold is the first performer to appear in four movies on this blog, not counting people who have a collection devoted to them, like Alec Guinness.