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Real Men (1987)

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Genre: comedy Starring:  James Belushi, John Ritter Written and Directed by:  Dennis Feldman WHAT IS IT ALL ABOUT? When a person crucial to a save-the-world mission gets killed, a CIA agent (  James Belushi  ) must escort his lookalike (  John Ritter  ) from one coast of the United States to another, in order to make a a deal... with Aliens.  WORTH WATCHING? Yes. It's totally weird, it looks cheap, and makes no sense, but at the same time things that make it so unconvential make it original and watchable as well. The script is totally crazy, I don't think anyone cared to think it over while writitng or greenlighting it's production. It's more like a kid's story, child play's scenario made on the spot. But it's surprisingly funny, even if it's stupid at some many times. It's strong point is the cast, and the characters. James Belushi and John Ritter play very well together, and their roles are surprisinly likeable, ane bel...

Date with an Angel (1987)

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Starring:  Michael E. Knight, Phoebe Cates, Emmanuelle Beart Directed and written by:  Tom McLoughlin WHAT IS IT ABOUT? A soon-to-be married fellow finds an injured angel in his pool. WORTH WATCHING? Yes. It's not a laugh-out-loud type of a comedy, most of the gags that were probably supposed to be funny do not work, and it's not even a well made movie... though it's still watchable because of all the Angel scenes... and Phoebe Cates! Without those two - beaituful blonde-haired Emmanuelle Beart and suprisingly comedy-skiller Phoebe, this movie woulnd't make any sense. I didn't care much about the main hero, he was a pretty nice fellow, with a big heart, but I didn't find anything special about this performance. Same with his collegues who were supposed to bring the laughing moments because of their stupidity and craziness... or at least I guess so. But even if they failed to bring anything good to the movie, the angel itself resuces it for them. Seriousl...

Overboard ( 1987 )

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Starring:  Goldie Hawn & Kurt Russell Director:  Garry Marshall Script:  Leslie Dixon Genre:  romantic comedy WHAT'S IT ALL ABOUT:  When a poor carpenter (  Kurt Russell  ) gets ripped off by a rich lady (  Goldie Hawn  ) and then ( literally! ) thrown out by her, he will use every chance to have his personal vendetta! So when in a suprising twist she loses her memory and he's the only one around who knows who the bi...ch really is... he decides to fool everyone and her especially... by claiming her to be his lost wife!... and so to have his sweet revenge! WORTH IT?  Hell yeah  IT'S WORTH IT! Ok. I know that it might sound somewhat creepy the way I told this story, but it's not... well maybe it is a bit... if You give it a second thought ;) It's just hard to pick those few best words to describe what this show is all about and not give everything away. Perhaps I've already given away even too much, as Goldie's and Kurt's mov...