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| Up Close & Personal
Year: 1996
Classification: Drama
Directed:
- Jon Avnet
Actors/Actresses:
- Michelle Pfeifer
- Robert Redford
SURPRISING
I recently happened to see (quite by accident, which I guess is what "happened to" implies) Up Close and Personal starring Robert Redford and Michelle Pfeiffer. I was completely against seeing it. It looked positively ridiculous and asinine from commercials, making it seem like a wholly sappy love story between an older man and an up and coming woman (who would of course be nowhere if it weren't for his benevolence and patience). Not to add the terrible Celine Dion theme song. After watching it, however, I realised that while it was not great by any means-a bit better than mediocre entertainment perhaps-it was much better than I expected. Much different from what I expected as well. It was entirely mismarketed. Not to add that STUPID title. Really should be seen to understand what I mean. I don't want to hash out all the plot details because it would just waste your time and mine when you could just watch the movie and find out for yourself. It does have a sad ending, which was also a pleasant surprise. You kind of expect a movie like this to end happily ever after.
A wonderful romance!
Up Close
A wonderful romance!
Up Close & Personal is a wonderful movie. Robert Redford and Michelle Pfeiffer have incredible chemistry together. Ms. Pfeiffer plays Tally Atwater, a young woman who wants to be a news reporter. Mr. Redford plays Warren Justice, the man who teaches Tally all he knows about the business. They realize their love when Tally starts to go places. Tally sends her resume to stations everywhere, but only WMIA-Miami responds. Warren hires her as his secretary, and finally lets her on-screen as the weather girl. Of course, she fails, but Warren sees her potential. All her hard work pays off when she meets Bucky, an agent who sends her to Philadelphia. Without Warren, though, she can't get the hang of big city news. Bucky talks to Warren about Tally, and he soon flies off to join her. Tally gets her big network break when she interviews inmates for a special report on prisons. While she is there, a jail break occurs. She is forced to do nation-wide live broadcasts, while Warren sits on the sides, sometimes able to communicate with her and sometimes not. After she goes to the major network, Warren realizes he needs to get back into the swing of things. He decides to investigate how the people of Panama feel about gaining possesion of the Canal in 1999. What happens next is the real suprise, so I'll let you watch to find out!
A wonderful romance!
Up Close & Personal is a wonderful movie. Robert Redford and Michelle Pfeiffer have incredible chemistry together. Ms. Pfeiffer plays Tally Atwater, a young woman who wants to be a news reporter. Mr. Redford plays Warren Justice, the man who teaches Tally all he knows about the business. They realize their love when Tally starts to go places. Tally sends her resume to stations everywhere, but only WMIA-Miami responds. Warren hires her as his secretary, and finally lets her on-screen as the weather girl. Of course, she fails, but Warren sees her potential. All her hard work pays off when she meets Bucky, an agent who sends her to Philadelphia. Without Warren, though, she can't get the hang of big city news. Bucky talks to Warren about Tally, and he soon flies off to join her. Tally gets her big network break when she interviews inmates for a special report on prisons. While she is there, a jail break occurs. She is forced to do nation-wide live broadcasts, while Warren sits on the sides, sometimes able to communicate with her and sometimes not. After she goes to the major network, Warren realizes he needs to get back into the swing of things. He decides to investigate how the people of Panama feel about gaining possesion of the Canal in 1999. What happens next is the real suprise, so I'll let you watch to find out!
Not all that, but Pfieffer and Redford make it worth it
Both actors deliver fine performances. Even though the plot is ho-hum, the movie is still interesting to watch. Sad, of course, as all fine love stories are. But worth a peek.
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