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Even stranger events take place as the spirit then tries to destroy the woman's family.
That gag where Jason Lee thinks he has crabs, and tries not to let his boss/future father-in-law and co-workers see him scratching himself isn't terribly intelligent, but it sent me into a frenzy of laughter.
The simple minded comments, refusing to accept a father who tries to lay down the law all the while sensing that he may possibly be off-track, expose the limitation of the commentator, not the writers or the acting.
If you don't crack up when Candy tries to help a guy with his groceries while being hand-cuffed to an escaped cohort in the process of having sex with his girlfriend with only the apartment door separating them (huh?, see the movie!), or the way Euguene Levy (the creator of Kong Fu Yu) is talking to his mom on the phone, or just the countless number of facial expressions that only Candy could deliver you better check your pulse!
The story isn't about the street life or the Italian mobster who tries to buy Stix off, then threatens him, it's about how love can overcome even the worst tragedies in life as portrayed in song and style and the character that was the life in the times for young women trying to be "discovered" back then.
The way he interacts with Danny Glover and tries to make him believe in the magic and the angels is funny and exhilarating.
It tries to be the epic adventure of the century.
He asks them questions that are not on the list, and tries to act like the police and solve crimes.
David Burton(Richard Chamberlain, quite good)is a lawyer, more adept at handling corporate taxation(..and suffers from unusual dreams which bother him seeing this aboriginal man shrouded in darkness), who is called on to take a case concerning a group of aboriginals charged with the murder of one of their own named Billy..we see that he tries to steal stones with ritual painting on them and is killed when a leader of an aboriginal tribe named Charlie(Nandjiwarra Amagula)uses a "death bone" to stop his heart.
Those are the three main characters and Laurence Fishburne is a political science professor who tries to help them.
No matter how he tries, he's a prisoner of the time.
He manages the transition from the cynical divorce solicitor, who tries to avoid women and their traitorous ways, to the lovesick puppy that falls for Lady X played by Merle Oberon effortlessly.
"The Young Victoria" tries to redress the balance by showing us the events surrounding her accession and the early years of her reign.
The acting reminded me of Seinfeld's acting, where he tries not to laugh at his own jokes- they are corny, but if you don't take the movie too seriously, you can really appreciate the humour of the ACTORS, not the CHARACTERS.
Tom tries to seduce Matt telling him that every member of the club has a meteoric professional ascension in Micro-Digitech, but Matt is not tempted with the offer.
The viewer gets an opportunity to see Elvira in a whole new light as she struggles with the prejudices of the people of Fallwell, Massachusetts (where she has travelled from Los Angeles in order to attend the reading of her Great Aunt Morganna's will) and at the same time tries to help the long-suffering teenagers who have been deprived of fun by the matriarchal Chastity Pariah and the rest of the town council.
He tries to cover the shower up but the kids open it, grab Marty and starts being mean to him while the camera is rolling.
Alex goes on to live his new life forgetting his past life while Corinne tries to get on with hers.
Scientist keeps his girlfriend's head alive in a lasagna pan in his basement while he cruises town and tries to find her a body by checking out the local chicks.
He imitates the original Shan Te, tries all manner of tricks to get into Shaolin Temple to learn and eventually gets some unique skills to fight some bullying bosses.
But when his folks show up, he thinks his fun is over, so he quickly tries to disguise his red-hot boogie woogie and starts singing some sappy ol' funeral parlor tune or somethin', which really doesn't jive with the deejay.
Were we really suppose to find it amusing that he tries to get it on with other robots?
The second part is the story of a documentaire filmmaker who tries to make a film about teens in suburbia.
Sean Astin puts in a reasonable performance and Vinnie Jones tries hard, but the rest of the cast was appalling.
"Street Trash" tries so hard to be a cult movie with it's nonsensical storyline, the over the top gore and violence and the weird characters.
I found it to be slow at various points especially when she finally discovers about the stigmata thing and then tries to solve the case.
The entire cast tries their best to make something out of this, but are overcome by the ineptness of the production crew.
With on exception, a granddaughter, whom the family subsequently tries to bully unto spying!
That night as he tries to sleep he's visited by various ghosts who effectively show him, ala Scrooge, the error of his ways and the true love of his life.
First, Mary tries out for the school play and then she tries to get into the final concert of everyone's favorite band, Sidarthur.
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