Monday, January 11, 2010

They Might Be Giants (1971)

Directed by Anthony Harvey
My rating: 2.5 stars out of 4
IMDb
(Encore Love)

George C. Scott thinks he is Sherlock Holmes. Joanne Woodward is a psychiatrist coincidentally named Dr. Watson. They fall in love while chasing clues to the imaginary villain Moriarty in New York City. It's basically a romantic comedy. More interesting than the leads are their "loony" friends: the elderly couple who shut themselves from the world in their hidden garden, the homeless who live in the movie palace watching westerns and the library clerk who thinks he is the Scarlet Pimpernel. However, a long climax in a supermarket becomes a bit too silly for its own good and drags the film down.

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