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Title: Beguilingly Charming Comedic Romance
Review: This Peter Bogdanovich ensemble piece is as beguilingly sweet as the plot is simple: a gaggle of bumbling detectives play fodder for cupid when they fall head-over-heels in love with their respective marks.You almost can't help loving this movie even though its transparent ideological slant (infidelity isn't really wrong when it leads misunderstood spouses to true love) is rendered a bit creepy by the lens of Bogdanovich's real-life affair with Stratton (which arguably contributed to her murder). But despite Bogdanovich's self-serving cinematic rationalizations for seducing and manipulating a vulnerable beauty, the performances save the day; everyone from seasoned actors Audrey Hepburn and Ben Gazarra, to future star John Ritter, to emerging talents like Patti Hansen and Blaine Novak (and the luminous Stratton) are fabulous in their understated grace and charm.Includes an interesting interview with Wes Anderson
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