The Ref

The Ref

Touchstone etc.

March 11, 1994

Comedy?!

DVD
F+

A strong contender for the worst comedy I've ever seen, not only is it painfully unfunny but nearly every character, major or minor (the marriage counselor partially excepted), is thoroughly unlikable.  Still, the Christmas decorations (yes, it's a Christmas movie, in March) are pretty.  Ted Demme directed, seven years before Blow, which I enjoyed comparatively (a C-).

Impromptu

Impromptu

Sovereign Pictures

12 April 1991

Historical Drama, Historical Comedy

DVD
C

Everyone is very colorful but they're not really believable as the historical figures (George Sand et al.) or even really as people.  I sort of wish the movie had just gone all out as a farce, and Emma Thompson certainly seems willing to cross over.  James Lapine directed.