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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

382.0. "Malice" by 16913::MILLS_MA (To Thine own self be True) Wed Nov 17 1993 16:51

    I didn't see any notes on this, so I thought I'd start one. Moderator,
    if there is one, please feel free to move it.
    
    Saw "Malice" last weekend, and was pleasantly surprised (if you can say
    that about this movie about the darker side of people). The acting was
    adequate, the plot certainly involved, if somewhat needslessly
    convoluted, and there was actually enough suspense at the beginning for
    me to grab my husband's arm in a particular scene.
    
    The movie is about a young couple living in a college town somewhere in
    New England, a doctor who moves into town and their third floor and
    what happens to them all when she is ill and he treats her. There is 
    a subplot of a serial rapist/killer loose in campus.
    
    I particularly liked Nicole Kidman's performance. Heretofore, I had
    considered her a definite light-weight in the acting game. She played
    it quite believably here.
    
    Definite spoilers follow:
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    MAJOR SPOILERS:
    
    
    Being used to Nicole playing sympathetic roles, the twist midway
    through the film, where she turns out to be (one of) the villain, was 
    a big surprise to me. I did think her decision to sue while still in
    the hospital was severe, but I didn't anticipate what followed. Once I
    know she was a con-person :^), I figured Alec Baldwin (Jed) was in it 
    with her.
    
    I did feel the subplot about the rapist to be an unnecessary device. I
    think they could have written some other way for Andy to find out that 
    he was sterile. At first, I couldn't figure out what the movie was
    about. I kept switching from Andy to Alec as the rapist, only to find
    out that the movie was not about that at all!
    
    Still, I was involved enough not to glance at my watch even once.
    
    
    Marilyn

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
382.1	z	11770::HSCOTT	Lynn Hanley-Scott	`Mon Nov 22 1993 17:58`	6
	I liked this movie in general, though I have to admit that halfway through it, I was confused by all the plot threads, and ready to leave. They finally tie them all together later in the movie. Some subplots definitely seemed contrived, and could have been worked differently.
382.2	one question	VNABRW::BARTAK	Andrea Bartak, Vienna, Austria	`Tue May 31 1994 11:11`	7
	I agree with previous notes, overall a good movie, but the subplot with the rapist rather unnecessary. One question: the actor who played Tracy's (Kidman) lawyer - his name is Peter Gallagher - where else was he in ? Andrea
382.3		SMAUG::LEHMKUHL	H, V ii 216	`Tue May 31 1994 12:52`	11
	Peter Gallagher: Sex, Lies, and Videotape The Player Short Cuts and on Broadway Guys and Dolls Those are the most memorable items for me.
382.4	thanks	VNABRW::BARTAK	Andrea Bartak, Vienna, Austria	`Tue May 31 1994 14:58`	1

382.5	same eyebrows i recall...?!?	42371::NEWTHG		`Tue May 31 1994 16:25`	7
	wasn't he also recently in "mother's boys" or was that someone else? giles
382.6	Loved Summer Lovers	33803::HAMBRIDGE	ee cummings loved unix	`Wed Jun 01 1994 12:07`	4
	Also: Summer Lovers The Idolmaker
382.7		42441::SHELLEY	Always with the -ve waves	`Mon Aug 22 1994 14:44`	15
	Saw this last night. Enjoyed it, but like earlier comments it was an unusually contrived plot. A couple of 'where have I seen him before's after the spoiler ... What films or TV series had Alec Baldwin (Jed) been in. Also I recognised the Rapist/Caretaker. I'm sure I've seen him playing a villain with long shoulder length hair. He was particularly menicing. It may have been Beverley Hills Cop or something similar. Thanks Royston
382.8		OOTOOL::CHELSEA	Mostly harmless.	`Mon Aug 22 1994 15:35`	11
	Re: .7 Alec Baldwin was in: Married to the Mob The Hunt for Red October Miami Blue (?) Glengarry Glenross The Shadow And no doubt several others
382.9		42441::SHELLEY	Always with the -ve waves	`Mon Aug 22 1994 18:08`	1
	Thanks! It was "Hunt for Red October" that I remembered him from.
382.10		UHUH::MARISON	Scott Marison	`Mon Aug 22 1994 18:20`	17
	> Alec Baldwin was in: > > Married to the Mob > The Hunt for Red October > Miami Blue (?) > Glengarry Glenross > The Shadow > > And no doubt several others The Marrying Man The Getaway Beetlejuice and others... /scott
382.11		UHUH::MARISON	Scott Marison	`Mon Aug 22 1994 18:20`	3
	also "Pelude(sp?) to a Kiss" /scott
382.12	How do YOU spell hunk?	16913::MILLS_MA	To Thine own self be True	`Mon Aug 22 1994 20:06`	5
	And the first thing I ever saw him in, which I believe was originally a TV movie (that's where I saw it YEARS ago), "Dress Gray". Sigh...... Marilyn
382.13	One of the Baldwins...	58378::P_CHAPLINSKY		`Mon Aug 22 1994 22:08`	3
	I believe it was Alec that played in the t.v. series Knots Landing. PChaplinsky
382.14	Some more	58633::TRP109::Chris	dble dipping is a social faux pas	`Tue Aug 23 1994 13:28`	3
	I first saw him the soap opera The Doctors. Was also in "She's having a Baby" playing the jerky friend of Kevin Bacon
382.15	also Working Girl	34315::JBOBB	Janet Bobb dtn:339-5755	`Tue Aug 23 1994 16:07`	6
	He was also in Working Girl, with Melanie Griffith, Sigorney Weaver and Harrison Ford. He played the "blue-collar" boyfriend of Melanie Griffith's character. I remember this role because I had a hard time believing it was the same guy who played Jack Ryan in Hunt for Red October.
382.16	The firm	SNOC02::STREETDAVID	The real south Pacific Pom.	`Wed Aug 24 1994 04:53`	7
382.17	Alec is scary	SECOP2::CLARK		`Mon Jan 16 1995 21:23`	4
	Alec Baldwin is scary in this one. Good suspense, good story, and one that holds your attention. He was also scary in "Miami Blues" where he plays a real psycho. Recommend this one highly.
382.18		MARVA2::BUCHMAN	UNIX refugee in a VMS world	`Thu Mar 02 1995 20:41`	4
	Does Alec Baldwin in this movie remind anyone else of Dr. Geiger on Chicago Hope? I'll bet the resemblence is not coincidental. Jim