Bird on a Wire

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Summary: This Film is Watchable thanks to Gibson and Hawn.
Review: A Hot-Shot Corporate Lawyer (Oscar-Winner:Goldie Hawn) meets a Mysterious Man (Mel Gibson), which She hasn`t seen Him in Years but One of them was Involve something in the Past and Now Two Hit-Men (David Carradine and Bill Duke) are After Them.

Directed by John Badham (Short Circuit, The Hard Way, Steakout) made a Entertaining Comic Thriller with Delightful Comic Performances by Hawn and Gibson. Lame at Times, but This is a Formulaic Action-Comedy (Which it was a Box Office Hit), those are Fans of the Leads. Panavision. Grade:B.

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Summary: Mel and Goldie are sexy, but they are wasted in this film
Review: At some point my wife and I had the conversation where you talk about who is sexiest person in movies. She named Mel Gibson and I named Goldie Hawn. After she did the expected double take, I pointed out that Mel and Goldie had done a movie together, "Bird on a Wire," that neither one of us liked. This 1990 film clearly wanted to be a Hitchcock film, but with a broader sense of humor that the master of suspense ever evidenced in any of his masterpieces. Director John Badham clearly settled on a particular voice in this film, and it was just the wrong one.

Gibson is Rick Jarmin, who is in the Federal Witness Protection program because he testified against some government narcs 15 years earlier and they are still looking for him. Now he is working in a gas station in Detroit. Hawn is Marianne Graves, a New York lawyer, who drives into the gas station and recognizes him. He does it, but she knows better, and when she returns to confront him she arrives just in time to save him from being killed by a couple of thugs. It turns out that 15 years ago they were dating each other and then he suddenly disappeared. In "North By Northwest" Cary Grant's life is detoured because he calls out to a boy with a message; in "Bird on a Wire" the we get hammered with two giant coincidences, one on top of another. So much for the subtlety of the master.

Besides, "Bird on a Wire" now turns into something of a slapstick comedy, full of stunts not to try at home. I know the obvious comparison at this point is to Mel Gibson's "Lethal Weapon" films, but there are more similarities to Hawn's "Foul Play." David Carradine is the bad guy who is gunning for Mel and Goldie, since she insists on tagging along. I am not sure why Hawn's character is a lawyer because you keep waiting for it to really matter in this film and it never happens. I would not mind Goldie slipping into her patented bimbo in distress role if they had not made a point of her being a lawyer in the first place. But then the opening sequences of "Bird on a Wire" are completely at odds with the rest of the film. Goldie Hawn is still at the top of my list, but despite this movie, not because of it.

Rating:
Summary: Mel and Goldie are sexy, but they are wasted in this film
Review: At some point my wife and I had the conversation where you talk about who is sexiest person in movies. She named Mel Gibson and I named Goldie Hawn. After she did the expected double take, I pointed out that Mel and Goldie had done a movie together, "Bird on a Wire," that neither one of us liked. This 1990 film clearly wanted to be a Hitchcock film, but with a broader sense of humor that the master of suspense ever evidenced in any of his masterpieces. Director John Badham clearly settled on a particular voice in this film, and it was just the wrong one.

Gibson is Rick Jarmin, who is in the Federal Witness Protection program because he testified against some government narcs 15 years earlier and they are still looking for him. Now he is working in a gas station in Detroit. Hawn is Marianne Graves, a New York lawyer, who drives into the gas station and recognizes him. He does it, but she knows better, and when she returns to confront him she arrives just in time to save him from being killed by a couple of thugs. It turns out that 15 years ago they were dating each other and then he suddenly disappeared. In "North By Northwest" Cary Grant's life is detoured because he calls out to a boy with a message; in "Bird on a Wire" the we get hammered with two giant coincidences, one on top of another. So much for the subtlety of the master.

Besides, "Bird on a Wire" now turns into something of a slapstick comedy, full of stunts not to try at home. I know the obvious comparison at this point is to Mel Gibson's "Lethal Weapon" films, but there are more similarities to Hawn's "Foul Play." David Carradine is the bad guy who is gunning for Mel and Goldie, since she insists on tagging along. I am not sure why Hawn's character is a lawyer because you keep waiting for it to really matter in this film and it never happens. I would not mind Goldie slipping into her patented bimbo in distress role if they had not made a point of her being a lawyer in the first place. But then the opening sequences of "Bird on a Wire" are completely at odds with the rest of the film. Goldie Hawn is still at the top of my list, but despite this movie, not because of it.

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Summary: The most misunderstood movie of the nineties
Review: Considering what Mr. Maltin has to say in his review, I wonder if he ever bothered to watch this movie to the end. It is a fine-line satire of our society as it was in the late eighties and still is to this day. The action scenes force the hero through a lot of adventures and make him face the past. But all he can see is pretense. It is yes, an action-comedy movie, but if one would bother to look between the lines, he would see the irony of our own society. Despite the fact that Gibson and Hawn are stars, they work well together and gave us probably the comedic performances of their lives. David Carradine is top shape and delivers. In its genre, I would recommend it to anyone. There is humour, drama, action and spice in this little movie. All the ingredients that, in other times, made a great movie.

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Summary: More mass schlock from director John Badham
Review: How best to describe the target audience for John Badham films ... well, probably the Bundys (as in Married with Children). Let's just say that during TV reruns of Bird on a Wire, the commercials are for nudie bars and air fresheners.

In this instalment you get to see Goldie Hawn playing her usual self: a klutzy, ditzy blonde in high heels, with the obligatory truck-stop makeup and that cavernous mouth that yaws open to yelp in surprise. Mel Gibson supplies wisecracking working class beef. The RV, Velveeta, and Readers Digest crowd should love this film, especially since the production values scream made-for-TV.

If however this is not your idea of a romantic comedy, you are not alone.

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Summary: It is a watchable movie
Review: I enjoyed this movie a lot more than the critics. Maybe because I love goldie and mel, both of whom have been known to sign autographs for fans.

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Summary: Mel going after Jack Burtons Wife.
Review: I enjoyed this movie a lot more than the critics. Maybe because I love goldie and mel, both of whom have been known to sign autographs for fans.

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Summary: You just gotta see this!
Review: I highly recommend this movie. Mel Gibson plays a guy in the witness protection program and Goldie Hawn is the girlfriend that he had to leave behind. They meet several years later, just as Mel's cover has been blown and the killers he has been hiding from have found him. This is a romantic comedy that I will watch over and over again (If only to see Mel play the hairdresser!) If that is not enough, the soundtrack is absolutely wonderful! Aaron Neville sings the title song and it is worth watching the movie for that song alone. Get this one, and you won't be sorry.

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Summary: Bird On A Wire Review
Review: I think that Bird on A Wire was a brilliant movie because the Writers and Producers brought 2 wonderful actors together to make the stunning movie it is. With the comedy of Goldie Honking the BMW Horn and driving crazy to the suspense of the story of her old boyfriend Rick(Mel Gibson) who was supposed to have gotten killed years and years before.
This movie is one of my family's favorites and they have rented it and watched it more than 8 times! I think that Bird on A Wire is very good Classic and even though it was made in 1990 it is still a huge hit for the young and old.
In fact if you can I would say first before buying it you should rent it at your local movie renting store and watching it before buying it so you can see just how funny, suspenseful and Story-packed this movie is.
I rate this movie FIVE STARS because of this great combination to make this movie the most undescribable and fun movie in years that I have seen as a 'Classic'.