Wild Oats

Wild Oats

Wild Pictures etc.

August 22, 2016

Comedy
DVD
C-

I wish this had better writing, because MacLaine and Lange are of course trying hard and the basic story idea has potential.  Andy Tennant directed, after the other three of his movies I've rejected for this project.

Terms of Endearment

Terms of Endearment

Paramount

December 9, 1983

Historical Comedy

DVD
C-

I don't know if it's the writing, or Debra Winger's performance, but this felt really off to me, though I could see its potential.  Director James L. Brooks adapted the Larry McMurtry novel.

Postcards from the Edge

Postcards from the Edge

Columbia

September 14, 1990
Dramedy

DVD
C-

I gave a C to the Carrie Fisher partly autobiographical novel (reviewed here https://rereadingeverybookiown.blogspot.com/2013/03/postcards-from-edge.html), and I don't think what did work translates to screen (even by Fisher herself), at least in the quarter hour I watched.  Still, I bumped this up from a D+ because the nightmare with a Nancy Reagan lookalike made me smile.  Mike Nichols directed.

The Little Mermaid (2018)

The Little Mermaid (2018)

Studio Unknown

August 17, 2018

Children's, Fantasy, Historical Drama

DVD
D+

Wildly implausible dialogue derails this quickly.  Like the famous Disney cartoon, this is based loosely on H.C. Andersen.  Blake Harris and Chris Bouchard co-directed, and Harris wrote the screenplay.

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.