Title: An often overlooked gem
Product review: Quite simply, this is one of my all-time favorite movies, and I've never understood why the so-called "experts" undervalue it so much. I think most people can relate to poor JoBeth Williams: trapped in a dead-end life, the only escape through the powers of her own creativity. The only person Cathy Palmer (Williams) admires is Rebecca Ryan, the outrageous heroine of a series of spy adventure novels. When Cathy wakes up after being struck by a car, she finds herself at the center of a frenetic Rebecca Ryan mystery. But is it real? The plot gets thicker, deeper, and zanier as the film goes along, but never steps over the boundary into absurdity. Plus, it manages to poke fun at every spy movie cliche to ever come out of Hollywood. Tom Conti is brilliant as the hapless, unwilling accomplice to Cathy's mad adventure. A must for romantics and adventurers at heart!
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