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Summary: We love the longshots
Review: Is it possible that no one rated this film less than five stars? If you watch this movie, you'll see why. LET IT RIDE is one of those quiet sleepers that, at first, attracted a very narrow audience. When it premiered, and when it was released on video, no one I had asked had known of the film's existence. Now, more and more people are asking me if I have. I smugly say, "You bet!" (Bad pun intended.) This is one of those tightly-scripted, perfectly-acted, beautifully paced comedies that make you wish more like this were made. Put your money on the right pony and pick this one up. Sorry, Smarty Jones.
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Summary: One great line after another
Review: "Remeber the time you rat-holed a five up your..." If you've seen it, you already know. If you haven't, you'll laugh out loud if you enjoy wise-crack humor. Dreyfus and the rest of the cast do a great job with this little known film. If you've ever been to the track, get it! To quote my father: "What a cackle!"
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Summary: WHAT A HOOT!
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I had owned a pan&scan laserdisc of this movie for years and always "trotted" (yuk,yuk) it out for company to watch, completely confident in the knowledge that no one visiting my home had ever seen it. Everyone I've ever shown it to loved it!
And now here it is in its original widescreen presentation, which looks fabulous.
Dreyfuss has never been better, Robbie Coltrane is an absolute hoot, David Johansen is gloriously over-the-top, and Allen Garfield, Jennifer Tilly, Teri Garr, Michelle Phillips, Cynthia Nixon (and many recognizable others) round out one of the greatest casts of lovable losers ever.
This movie is worth the price alone for the scene where Tilly delivers one of the most memorable film lines of the 80's: In excusing herself from the table in the Jockey Club, she begins to walk away from the table in that terrific, skin-tight-leave-nothing-to-the-imagination red dress. Dreyfuss's Trotter remarks admiringly to Garfield "nice legs", to which she whips around and delivers a career-making line if there ever was one: "yeeeaaahhhh, they go all the way from the floor to my ass", leaving the men totally transfixed and speechless, and us, the viewers, in absolute hysterics. Marilyn Monroe never nailed a moment better!
This is a great movie that has charm, comedy, wonderful performances, great direction, never a dull moment, and when you see it for the first time, you will be shaking your head along with countless others, wondering why it didn't make it at the box office.
Don't miss it!
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Summary: When a Loser can't stop Winning
Review: I'd heard there were problems with the making of this comedy and it slipped in and out of theatres without much notice. I remember seeing the trailer and thinking that the movie looked terrible.
Then I saw it was based on a Jay Cronley novel.If you've never read a Jay Cronley novel, find one: he has a hilarious writing style that can't be transferred to a movie screen. He wrote FUNNY FARM (made into the Chevy Chase movie) and QUICK CHANGE (with Bill Murray). The perfect John Candy role can be found in WALKING PAPERS but, sadly, John's gone. And then there's GOOD VIBES, which became LET IT RIDE. This is a funny, funny movie. It takes the seedy setting of a horse track and fills it with hilarious characters all trying to make that winning bet. Richard Dreyfus gives an energetic performance as Jay Trotter, a loser who, for one day, just can't stop winning. Give this underrated gem a shot. If you connect with it, then it's a winning bet.
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