Twentieth Century-Fox
Directed by Robert B. Bean
My rating: 3 stars out of 4
IMDb
(Fox Movie Channel)
Two dysfunctional New Yorkers, one a flaky, washed-up actress the other a hot-headed Italian, meet at a self-help group. Their ensuing relationship is anything but boring. Real-life couple Renee Taylor and Joseph Bologna also wrote the film. After a shaky start that tends to get bogged down in flashbacks, the last half or so is terrific. In particular, the dinner table scene with his family is controlled chaos, with Olympia Dukakis as his mother making the most of her screen time. The drive home after the dinner is very moving if bittersweet. This recalls some of Woody Allen's best moments, only Woody Allen hadn't made this kind of movie yet!
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