Frankie and Johnny Reviews

I already saw this movie but since it was ages ago, I thought I might as well check it out again. Well, I always had a weak spot for Al Pacino and Michelle Pfeiffer, Pacino was especially at the top of his game at the time, and it was really neat to see them working again together almost 10 years after ‘Scarface’. Furthermore, the material was quite realistic which you wouldn't expect from such a romantic comedy and it made the whole thing much more interesting than the other movies in this genre. However, even though the material was raw, much more than the usual work from Garry Marshall, unfortunately, he constantly toned down this material resulting in something cute and harmless but it did loose most of its edge in the process. Furthermore, even though Al Pacino and Michelle Pfeiffer both delivered some solid performances, they were actually miscast. Basically, they were both of them just too charismatic and the whole point of this story was to show 2 normal average looking people falling for each other. So, to cast such charismatic actors, you could say that Michelle Pfeiffer was downright gorgeous back in those days, removed most of the strength of this story. Indeed, the story was supposed to be about some lonely people but it was really hard to believe that such a beautiful woman like Pfeiffer would end up being so miserable. Anyway, to conclude, in spite of its flaws, it is still a decent romantic feature and I think it is worth a look, especially if you like the genre.