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Summary: No OAR = No Sale...
Review: A fun movie for sure; but where's the theatrical widescreen edition? Sorry, but I only purchase DVDs displaying the film's ORIGINAL ASPECT RATIO.
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Summary: A romantic comedy formula movie that is still fun to watch.
Review: A Hollywood formula movie that is still fun to watch. A romantic comedy where guy meets gal who are at odds with one another until the flame predictably ignites, some mishaps occur and all ends happily. Not a bad formula when you see Cary Grant and wise-cracking Ann Sheridan. The guy in this case is James Woods who is a good actor but lacks Grant's charm. Dolly Parton, who plays the wise-cracking female lead,has the charm but not the acting ability of some of the older comediennes. It isn't as memorable as the older models but it is a professional reproduction of the genre. Good family fare.
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Summary: Hilarious!
Review: An unlucky country girl Shirlee Kenyon (Dolly Parton) accidentally becomes Chicago's newest talk radio celebrity by winning listeners' hearts with her down-home advice! James Woods plays the investigative reporter trying to uncover her mysterious past. A movie with a superb soundtrack and filled with comical, lighthearted situations.
Recommended!
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Summary: Yeah right...
Review: Dolly is saved by stranger Jimmy while "attempting" to jump off a bridge. Can you guess what happens at the end? Parton is watchable in this fomula fish-out-of-water story about her getting a job (by mistake) as a radio-shrink and there are some good jokes scattered around, but the story is a bust.
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Summary: Enjoyable comedy
Review: Dolly Parton is utterly delightful in this corny, syrupy but immensebly enjoyable comedy. Her unlikely romance with James Woods is actually quite interesting as it is easy to see how Dolly's charm could permiate even the most jaded people. Sure it's not very original and it is very lightweight but it's got an old fashioned Frank Capra kind of sweetness to it.
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Summary: " What's cookin' America?"
Review: Dolly plays a young women, Shirlee, that leaves her boyfriend to get out in the real world. She accidently gets put on the air, but she turns Chicago upside down and becomes the hottest new radio talkshow!
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Summary: From the author of Tales of Ancient Xenar
Review: I don't consider myself much of a movie watcher, so its rare for me to review a movie. But this film has earned a rare honor of having a review done by me. I have to say that hands-down this is one of Dolly Parton's best performances (better than 9 to 5 and far better than the Best Little Whorehouse in Texas.) In the film, she gives Chicago radio listeners good old southern down-to-earth advice. I wish the city I live in has a radio columnist like her. But I'm sure a lot of you who have seen this film and enjoyed it agree with me. We all should have an advisor like Dr. Shirlee (oops, I mean Shirlee.)
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Summary: From the author of Tales of Ancient Xenar
Review: I don't consider myself much of a movie watcher, so its rare for me to review a movie. But this film has earned a rare honor of having a review done by me. I have to say that hands-down this is one of Dolly Parton's best performances (better than 9 to 5 and far better than the Best Little Whorehouse in Texas.) In the film, she gives Chicago radio listeners good old southern down-to-earth advice. I wish the city I live in has a radio columnist like her. But I'm sure a lot of you who have seen this film and enjoyed it agree with me. We all should have an advisor like Dr. Shirlee (oops, I mean Shirlee.)
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Summary: Good.... But No Extras!
Review: I loved this movie! Shirlee Kenyon was a down on her luck country girl, when a mistake turns her into a big time radio doctor. I thought that her boss was kind of an a hole... He goes by the impression that people who have been married 3 times are losers, or those that have something real to say, He would write them off as losers.. This film shows off Dolly's spicy side of things! She had quite a few one lines... "I am like a one legged man in a butt kickin' contest!' Plus you get to see an early appearance of Terri Hatcher! (Lois & Clark The New Adventures of Superman) I would like to have seen the trailer. as well as the music videos and even a commentary would have been nice... Aside from that, I still love the film....
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Summary: Straight to basic cable
Review: I saw STRAIGHT TALK on a basic cable station, which is probably where this film played its second week of release. There ought to be a documentary about the making of STRAIGHT TALK, just so we could find out how first-rate talent such as Dolly Parton and James Woods wound up in this snoozer. That would be a lot more interesting.
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