I remember reading the ads for this movie when it was in theatres in the 1980s, though I was never tempted to see it.
I vaguely recall watching it before on, I believe, a commercial TV channel, so some of the naughtier parts of it would likely have been edited. I wasn't impressed, largely because I thought the plot was a disorganized mess.
Since I often give a movie I didn't like a second chance, I thought I'd give it another try. (I did that with "Jurassic Park" and "Stargate" and I now have DVD copies of both in my movie library.) Turner Classic Movies showed it earlier tonight and I needn't have bothered.
My original assessment that the plot was a disorganized mess was confirmed. I quickly lost the thread and found myself wondering just what in the dickens is going on. The first half is supposed to be a comedy, but I found it completely unfunny. It reminded me of an equally lame movie, "After Hours", which had been released about a year earlier.
It only became remotely interesting when Ray Liotta's character appeared but, by then, I'd completely stopped caring. Even then, the movie failed to captivate me. And, no, I didn't think that Melanie Griffith's going topless made her character any more interesting or her performance any less annoying.
By the time the film ended, I wondered what the point was.
Avoid this one.
I vaguely recall watching it before on, I believe, a commercial TV channel, so some of the naughtier parts of it would likely have been edited. I wasn't impressed, largely because I thought the plot was a disorganized mess.
Since I often give a movie I didn't like a second chance, I thought I'd give it another try. (I did that with "Jurassic Park" and "Stargate" and I now have DVD copies of both in my movie library.) Turner Classic Movies showed it earlier tonight and I needn't have bothered.
My original assessment that the plot was a disorganized mess was confirmed. I quickly lost the thread and found myself wondering just what in the dickens is going on. The first half is supposed to be a comedy, but I found it completely unfunny. It reminded me of an equally lame movie, "After Hours", which had been released about a year earlier.
It only became remotely interesting when Ray Liotta's character appeared but, by then, I'd completely stopped caring. Even then, the movie failed to captivate me. And, no, I didn't think that Melanie Griffith's going topless made her character any more interesting or her performance any less annoying.
By the time the film ended, I wondered what the point was.
Avoid this one.