in this fihn is the re-
lationship between
Ziman and the
Swiss farm couple
who harbor him in
a barn.
Played
with
great subtlety by
Annie Girardot, the
wife cultivates a re-
lationship with Zi-
man, who edifies
her with his learn-
ing. As she comes to
know him, the void
in her marriage

widens and her impotent hus-
band's suspicions of her infideli-
ty are expressed in venomous
anti-Semitic sentiments.
Ziman, in the meantime, pays
for his upkeep from Swiss bank
accounts, without flinching. He
has paid his way in, and is now
paying his way out.
Les Miserables is a masterful
work, sweeping in its intentions
and its realization. 4 out of 4
bagels
— Julie Edgar

their boat, the base of their oper-
ations. After being grazed by a
: What do you get when you bullet in a drive-by and blown
mix a gorgeous supermod- from her second-floor balcony
el (such as Cindy Crawford) when her television explodes,
with an actor (like William McQuean finds herself on the run
RI 'n) who's most famous for with Detective Max Kirkpatrick
Bal
(Baldwin) as her only protection.
his last name?
Let's just say McQuean and Kirk-
A: A bad movie.
It's a formula that never works, patrick are not the smartest tan-
dem. Although they're
and Fair Game, the new ac-
being tracked by some of
from
tion/nonthriller
MOVIES
the most sophisticated
Warner Brothers, is no ex-
equipment around, they
ception.
Directed by Andrew Sipes from insist on using credit cards and
a screenplay by Charlie Fletcher, making phone calls, and their buf-
the film's plot is as unoriginal as foonery manages to get just about
it is confusing. Acting on behalf everyone killed — except them-
of her client, civil attorney Kate selves.
But nothing seems to faze these
McQuean (Crawford) ticks off
former-KGB international em- two as they stumble their way to
bezzlers when, as part of a divorce a predictably ridiculous ending,
settlement, she tries to repossess or at least they're not good enough

actors to fool the audience. In fact,
one word can sum up Crawford's
big screen debut: disinterested.
Crawford as an actress and Mc-
Quean as a character have a lot
in common: neither seems to
know nor care what's going on.
And here's some advice for
young males: As tempting as it
may be to see this movie because
of Crawford's "screen presence,"
save your $6 for another R-rated
flick. Despite some brief nudity,
this movie is sorely lacking in the
sex appeal department. Did I al-
ready mention Crawford is a bad
actress?
But I've already wasted too
many words on Fair Game. It's
just that bad. 0 out of 4 bagels.
— Dan Zimmerman

No, it's not Tevye: Jean-Paul Belmondo stars in the new
film inspired by Victor Hugo's classic novel.

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to intervene in the course of the played by Helena Bonham Carter,
story, is reduced to a Broadway constantly pushes her hair ocher
furrowed brow and paces around
here's a new weariness spectacle.
At the heart of Mighty anxiously in baggy clothes, Mia-
around Woody Allen's eyes
that speaks of contented res- Aphrodite is sportswriter Lenny like, worried about her career and
ignation. So it is with his lat- Weinrib's desperate search for his the seductive temptations of her
est take on love, marriage and adopted child Max's mother and boss. Why she is married to Lenny
then his obsessive need to change Weinrib is truly a mystery.
Oedipus, Mighty Aphrodite.
The mother/whore character
It is less significant that the her life when he finds her. He at-
jokes and the plot aren't particu- tempts this as a father who fears Linda (Mira Sorvino) totters
larly funny or compelling than that nature rather than nurture around on stiletto heels and sput-
that his writing seems to be stuck will play a bigger role in Max's life, ters obscenities as casually as she
in repeated depictions of middle- as a son (subconsciously) in search would, say, order breakfast.
Lenny bounces between them,
class banality. Marriage and fam- of his own mother and then as a
consumed with straight-
ily in Mighty Aphrodite are lover.
ening out Linda's life
But nobody has much to
depicted as comfortably dull
MOVIES
and slightly annoyed by
rather than messy, tortured or hu- do in this movie. Lenny's
the attention Amanda's
morous, and his metaphysical for- art-world wife Amanda,
boss pays to his wife. We never see
ay into the nature of fate
him actually working because he's
doesn't lead to any pro-
too busy meddling.
found discoveries — ex-
Mighty Aphrodite ends tidily as
cept that mankind does
the camera slowly pulls away
have a hand in reshaping
from dancing Greek chorus mem-
it.
bers who are presumably satisfied
The divine dimension,
with the wrap-up. Unfortunately,
portrayed by a Greek
the audience is left to ponder why
chorus that comments on
Mr. Allen believed his sordid sto-
the action and even tries
ry has the allegorical proportions
Woody Allen's latest: Another
of myth. 2 out of 4 bagels.
,dysfunctional family.
Julie Edgar,'

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