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From: duane@anasazi.UUCP (Duane Morse)
Newsgroups: net.movies
Subject: Lost in America (brief critique)
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Date: Mon, 8-Apr-85 09:56:53 EST
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Posted: Mon Apr  8 09:56:53 1985
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Siskel and Ebert loved this movie, and the local reviewer compared
Al Brooks to an early Woody Allen, so I really looked forward to seeing
this movie. I assumed it would be as funny as "Airplane", though perhaps
not in the same style.

The movie is a BOMB! The most enjoyable part was the malted milk balls
I ate at the start. I chuckled four or five times in the course of the
movie, and no one in the theatre seemed to be enjoying the movie more
than that.

Briefly, the movie's about an advertising executive and his wife who want
to "drop" out of society ala Easy Rider. The acting (Julie Haggerty,
Al Brooks) is ok, but the story stinks. I never identified with either
character, nor did they evoke any sympathy, and the situations they
get into are, at best, only mildly funny.

I used discount tickets to see the movie, and I felt I had wasted my
money. I wouldn't even watch this on cable TV.

Duane Morse
International Anasazi @ Phoenix, Az.