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Writer-director Andrew Bergman (The Freshman [1990], Honeymoon in Vegas [1992]) perfected his unique, endearing comic vision when he scripted this splendid vehicle for Alan Arkin and Peter Falk. The mundane little details that make up the life of a middle-class dentist (Arkin) and his family become the stuff of comedy when incongruously mixed into the tall tale of a mysterious "international operator" (Falk) and his frenetic itinerary. This deserves to be regarded as a '70s classic – while its remake deserves to be forgotten. MORE Hiller: Outrageous Fortune MORE Bergman: Soapdish © Adrian Martin December 1992 |
