Eve Preston is an aspiring television reporter appearing on KQAP News at Five in Philadelphia. Eve's forte is the sleazy journalism that examines human interest stories while ridiculing her subjects. "Reverse Angle" is Eve's awakening to a new kind of social consciousness in her reporting.
The filmmakers were successful in developing a tongue-in-cheek approach to a serious subject. After all, the murder of the decent MIT inventor Ned Larfield, who discovered a way to harness solar energy, was a sad loss for the planet. Eve's temporary amnesia has blocked in her mind the interview she conducted with Larfield at his retreat on Glen Pebble Road. The film footage appears to be lost, and Eve was subsequently run off the road and left for dead by two men in suits.
The scene stealer in the show is the actor playing "Doctor" Harry Briggs, psychologist. After having been satirized by Eve in one of her exposés, Harry comes to her rescue and helps her to recover her memory. The duo then do battle with the corporate forces of evil. Harry serves in the major transformation of Eve from a purveyor of yellow journalism to one of stature in investigative reporting.
The strength of the film was in the clever dialogue, especially the repartee between Eve and Harry. There was a nice touch at the end with young Janie recovering Ned's application for a patent that may include the template for his invention of a self-sustaining motor vehicle. With assistance from the "new" kind of reporting of Eve, there may be hope for humanity!
The filmmakers were successful in developing a tongue-in-cheek approach to a serious subject. After all, the murder of the decent MIT inventor Ned Larfield, who discovered a way to harness solar energy, was a sad loss for the planet. Eve's temporary amnesia has blocked in her mind the interview she conducted with Larfield at his retreat on Glen Pebble Road. The film footage appears to be lost, and Eve was subsequently run off the road and left for dead by two men in suits.
The scene stealer in the show is the actor playing "Doctor" Harry Briggs, psychologist. After having been satirized by Eve in one of her exposés, Harry comes to her rescue and helps her to recover her memory. The duo then do battle with the corporate forces of evil. Harry serves in the major transformation of Eve from a purveyor of yellow journalism to one of stature in investigative reporting.
The strength of the film was in the clever dialogue, especially the repartee between Eve and Harry. There was a nice touch at the end with young Janie recovering Ned's application for a patent that may include the template for his invention of a self-sustaining motor vehicle. With assistance from the "new" kind of reporting of Eve, there may be hope for humanity!