An average movie

Since Meryl Streep is my favorite actress, I definitely had to watch this flick at some point. Even though it is definitely not one of her best movies, I thought it was a decent satire. I mean, she was really great, as usual, completely disappearing behind her character but I thought that, even though the material was pretty dark and really interesting, the tone was just too light for my taste. Furthermore, I think that Shirley MacLaine was pretty good but she has played this kind of roles too often and it is getting a little bit repetitive at this point. Furthermore, the directing by Mike Nichols was decent but he has definitely made better movies (I always found that his comedies were rather weak) and there was a pretty good cast (Meryl Streep, Shirley MacLaine, Dennis Quaid, Gene Hackman, Richard Dreyfuss, Rob Reiner, Annette Bening). Back then, Meryl Streep was trying to take some distance from her image of serious actress and wanted to show to the world the extend of her range. Eventually, it will take her 16 more years with the release of ‘The Devil Wears Prada’ before she finally managed to convince the mainstream audience that she is also a great comedic actress and scored her first comedy box-office hit. Anyway, to conclude, it remains a well made and entertaining dark satire and it is definitely worth a look, especially if you like the genre.

6/10