Another Alan Rudolph film that doesn't quite get there. It looks nice, has fun moment and it's entertaining to see all these figures. But the central relationship doesn't land - Jennifer Jason Leigh's Parker and Campbell Scott's Robert Benchley. For whatever reason in these scenes both feel like actors rather than real people. The relationship between Parker and Charles MacArthur (Matthew Broderick) seems more real. Maybe because Broderick has more energy. Or because something happens - they shag, she gets pregnant - as opposed to just pining.
Leigh is at times affective, at other times the drawl overpowers the movie and drags it down. Gwyneth Paltrow is fun as a shallow starlet. Nice to see Jennifer Beal, Andrew McCarthy, Stanley Tucci, etc.
I wish Woody Allen did a version of this story.
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