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Title: Stand there and look pretty...
Review: Probably watched this move 50x in my youth because it was one of my older sisters' favorites."The Lady and the Highwayman" is a great love story (thanks, Barbara Cartland*) but the acting of the girl (Lysette Anthony) is so bad! Typical Hugh Grant (+ long hair) and the villaneous Oliver Reed are both a delight. But the girl... My sisters and I now hold her acting in this movie as the perfect example of pretty, dumb blond who was told, "stand there and look pretty."Nevertheless if you have sarcastic taste in movies (as I do, 4 stars) it is a fun movie to watch especially for the early-years of High Grant.*If this is your first foray into Barbara Cartland land, I'd suggest "A Hazard of Hearts" (1987) with a young Helena Bonham Carter instead.
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