Sweet
Dreams
'Three Wishes'
* More than a Bakery
* More than a Coffee House
* More than an Ice Cream Shop
* More than a Candy Shop
* More than a place for lunch...
The story unfolds as Tom's
out special effects that turn out
Rated PG
daydream of his childhood
to
be
almost
irrelevant
to
the
olid acting and a daring
months with Jack as he looks at
idea or two anchor this movie.
his own life as a father and fail-
A
mysterious
wanderer,
Jack
1950s family drama about
ing businessman. Three Wishes
survival and individualism. McCloud (Patrick Swayze), en-
would have worked with-
ters
the
family's
life,
bring-
Jeanne Holman (Mary Eliza-
out the sequences in-
beth Mastrontonio) is a widowed ing a dog that may or may
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volving fairy dust and
not
be
magical
and
a
Bud-
mother who does her best to raise
monsters, which seem
two sons after her husband al- dhist sensibility to their
calculated to draw in very young
macaroni-and-cheese-an
d-Little-
legedly dies fighting in Korea.
audiences. And the three wishes
The older son Tom broods, main- League world. His example, the part is almost an afterthought.
one
Tom
clings
to,
is
about
yield-
ly because he doesn't have a fa-
But this is an affecting story,
ther like the other boys, and ing to the forces of the universe touching and full-bodied. 2 1/2
rather
than
pushing
helplessly
young Gunny is a timid boy
out of 4 bagels
whose illness keeps him in bed against it and coming up empty-
—Julie Edgar
and allows the filmmakers to try handed.
It's a Sweet Dream
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(Doherty and Clair Forlani).
Stricken with grief, and with a bad acting and jokes that run
riter and director collective will to cause trouble, long and wear thin. However,
Kevin Smith created the guys head to the Eden Prairie the film does manage a few re-
one of the most bril- Center shopping mall. Coinci- deeming moments. Drug-deal-
liantly funny movies dentally (?), both former girl- ing duo Jay and Silent Bob
ever with his surprisingly
friends show up at the (played by Smith himself), who
successful Clerks. Unfor-
mall, Brandi as a con- also appear in Clerks, make
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tunately, his latest ven-
testant on her father's their triumphant return to the
ture, Mallrats, starring
dating-game genre show silver screen in raucous fashion.
Shannen Doherty, Jeremy Lon- being filmed there, and Renee as The movie also contains a few
don and Jason Lee, lacks the raw a shopper who, to Brody's dis- clever bits, including a topless
humor and intelligent dialogue may, is wooed by a men's cloth- psychic with three nipples, a
ing-store manager/jerk. The child-eating escalator, and a
present in its predecessor.
The film's plot is a convolut- action escalates toward a disap- "stink-palm" routine. But com-
ed mesh of slacker drama and pointing final scene in which T.S. prised of humor that rarely ris-
distasteful humor. Perpetually and Brody force their way on to es above toilet level, Mallrats
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'Now And Then'
energy and emotion in their roles,
Rated PG-13
and although the mystery is real-
ow and Then is a film that
stays true to its title. The ly not so mysterious and the teen
not so deep, the film has
story centers around a insights
a simple charm when it focuses on
group of four women who
grew up together, and, though the "Then." When it switches to
separated by time and distance, "Now," it fails miserably.
As adults, the women (Melanie
remain friends. Told through long
Griffith,
Rosie O'Donnell, Demi
flashback sequences, the kinship
Moore and Rita Wilson) have
of these women is examined, from
gathered as Ms. Wilson's
the perspective of both
character is about to give
now and then. Is the film
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birth. The reunion gives
entertaining? Only now
them an opportunity to
and then.
reminisce about a summer many
More than anything else, this
years ago, told in flashbacks.
film is a remake of Stand by Me, Strangely, the "Now" sequences
except with training bras. The are cliche-ridden and poorly act-
`Then" segments concern the four ed, as if two different writers were
main characters (Thora Birch,
brought in to write for the young
Christine Ricci, Gaby Hoffman
and older actresses.
and Ashley Aston Moore) in their
At its best, Now and Then is
early adolescent years, hoping to a marginal
coming-of-age film.
come to terms with life, death
The "Now" portion of the film was
and, of course, boys. A moonlit annoying, superfluous, and, if
seance in a cemetery leads the
nothing else, shows that in film-
girls on an adventure after they
making, unlike life, it is some-
chance upon the gravestone of times better to dwell on the past.
"Dear Johnny," a 13-year-old boy
(A reluctant) 2 out of 4 bagels
who died many years before.
— Rick Halprin
These young actresses invest
Meet Our
Reviewers
Julie Edgar is a writer on
staff at The Jewish News. She
has reviewed films for local
publications and as she gets
older, finds herself inexplica-
bly more tolerant of budget-
busting Hollywood movies.
Rick Halprin is an attor-
ney who lives in Ferndale
with his wife Mary Beth and
two dogs, Milton Bradley and
Madison Avenue. He once
hosted a short-lived cable TV
show about film and has rep-
resented film companies.
Dan Zimmerman is a
Berkley High School senior
who loves movies. Some of his
favorites are Glory and Pla-
toon, with Pulp Fiction not far
behind. When he's not sitting
in a dark theater, he's editing
his BBYO chapter newspaper.
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