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Title:Movie Reviews and Discussion
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Created:Thu Jan 28 1993
Last Modified:Thu Jun 05 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:1249
Total number of notes:16012

265.0. "Body of Evidence" by 16913::MEUSE_DA () Tue Jul 20 1993 23:12

    
    
    
    So...has anybody seen this thing and is willing to write a review?
    Heard it's  real dud, but...it keeps staring at me on the video shelf
    wanting to be rented.
    
    So what's the verdict? Is it worth 2.99, 1.99 or .99 centavos?
    
    Dave
    
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265.1Rubbish...\42139::WILSOND1DAVE WILSON @WLCWed Jul 21 1993 11:558
    
    Dont bother....its rubbish.
    
    Its a nothing movie, just an excuse for Madonna to get her kit off, and
    I like her. 
    
    Dave...
    
265.23694::BELFORTIMrs. Frank N. FurterWed Jul 21 1993 12:472
    I agree.. don't waste your money!  Madonna was playing Madonna.... but
    being paid for it!
265.35235::J_TOMAOWed Jul 21 1993 13:0510
    Ditto on .2
    
    Madonna was playing Madonna but in a bad hair cut/style......
    
    There are some interesting plot twists but other than that, well lets
    just say I am real glad I didn't waste anevening at the movies and pay
    theater prices for this one.  Oh but the sceen in the parking garage
    was my favorite !
    
    Signed, Joyce another Madonna fan
265.41 out of 5ASDG::SCARBOROUGHWed Jul 21 1993 15:1113
    
      Ditto on previous replies,
    
     I'm a big fan of the old Madonna.   Not anything like I expected.  
    Didn't Madonna direct this movie?  If so, she should stay out of
    directing and stick with her acting and video bits!
    
    The movie could have used a few of her more recent songs to living it
    up also.  I can think of one from the Dick Tracy soundtrack, which I
    won't mention here...
    
        Carl S.       
    
265.5It had its momentVMSDEV::HALLYBFish have no concept of fireWed Jul 21 1993 16:227
    I liked the courtroom drama near the end.  See if you can figure out 
    the Big Surprise before it's revealed.
    
    Not worth going out of your way for, but if the alternative is watching
    reruns of "Gilligan's Island" and the price is < $2, it's worth it.
    
      John
265.6VAXWRK::STHILAIREa period of transitionWed Jul 21 1993 17:575
    Goodness.  I shudder to imagine what those of us who are *not* Madonna
    fans would think of this movie!  :-)
    
    Lorna  (who finds her boring and annoying and hates her music)
    
265.7Not a Madonna fan, but...16821::POGARSLEEPLESS IN SEATTLE - THE CURE FOR INSOMNIACSWed Jul 21 1993 18:295
    I'm not a Madonna fan, but I do like both Willem DaFoe and Joe
    Montegna, and neither one of them could save this movie.
    
    Catherine
    
265.8Can't win them all.6882::HANLEYWed Jul 21 1993 20:1811
    re: .5
    
    I'd rather watch Gilligan's Island.
    
    <minor spoiler>
    
    
    Apon seeing this movie, my first thought was,
    
    They should of shot Madonna<sp> at the the begining of the project,
    before they started filming.
265.911770::HSCOTTLynn Hanley-ScottWed Jul 28 1993 19:588
    I thought the scripting was poor - I was just amazed at some of the
    goofy lines that Dafoe had.  And, that he agreed to be in the movie at
    all.
    
    Perhaps if they'd cast someone other than Madonna, the plot might have
    had a chance. It seemed to lots of angle shots of her.
    
    
265.10waste of time5793::STARRWho needs love?Mon Aug 02 1993 17:5916
This movie was just awful - after about a half-hour of it I ended up 
fast-forwarding through the rest of it to catch the major plot revelations,
and to see what all the stink was about (not much, since the sex scenes turned 
out to be hardly erotic to me, and I ended up FF'ing over those also).

I couldn't believe how bad Madonna was in this movie, just beyond
comprehension! She seemed to just talk her way through her lines, not even 
*trying* to act..... ugh! (I could probably do a better job acting! And I'll 
bet most everyone else here could also!)

William Defoe and Joe Montegna are two good actors, but both aren't given 
anything to work with here. What a waste of talent...

0 out of 10

alan
265.11corrections29067::A_PARRACOI vent, therefore I am ... Sat Aug 14 1993 19:376
    
    Ahem - that's WILLEM Dafoe, and Joe MANTEGNA ...
    
    FWIW.
    
    - acp
265.12I'll never look at candles the same way......HOTLNE::SHIELDSFri Dec 27 1996 09:189