1991 - Rated PG-13 - 1 hr 35 min
Director: Mick Jackson
Starring: Steve Martin, Victoria Tennant, Richard E. Grant, Marilu Henner, Sarah Jessica Parker, Kevin Pollak, Patrick Stewart, Iman
I love this movie, I really do. It's got all the trademark wit of a Steve Martin-penned comedy (better than Shop Girl, that's for sure) and tells the "real" truth about late 80s / early 90s Hollywood. From trendy twists of lemon to Marilu Henner's outrageous jewelry "points" system, Martin shows us his satirical side. Good stuff, all around.
So the talking signboard is a bit weird, but for some reason, it's just handled as fact. Martin's character doubts it at first, as anyone would, but once it proves itself, he starts listening. And it's never explained, which I think does this movie a great favor. To do so would belittle the "fairytale" of this love story.
And who doesn't want to rollerskate through an art museum?
Watch this one and laugh--both at the outdated technology (it's 1991, for crying out loud) and the witty reparte that Martin writes so well.
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