The Tall Guy (1989)
Directed by Mel Smith
An American actor in England tries to find love and work.
6 connections found
View:
6 connections, in both directions
What critics compared The Tall Guy to
When she and Depp are together, the movie comes close to generating sparks — though their room-devastating tryst doesn't match Jeff Goldblum and Emma Thompson's furniture-breaking boff in 1989's The Tall Guy.
There's an energetic sex scene (accompanied by a Barry White song) that recalls a similarly destructive and acrobatic sequence from The Tall Guy, although Dark Shadows' PG-13 rating demands that it be toned down.
Elsewhere, the movie's respect for the written word -- and for credible science (yes, we're ruining the planet, but an overkill movie like this doesn't help the credibility of actual environmentalists one whit) -- is typified by dialogue like "Unpack the snowshoes -- we're walking from here" or the film's final line, the most unintentionally funny punchline since "Somewhere in heaven there's an angel with big ears" in "The Tall Guy."
Love Actually, Four Weddings and a Funeral, Notting Hill, About Time , all the Bridget Jones movies, every one of these rom-coms follows pretty much the same structure and character types Curtis first utilized in 1989 with The Tall Guy .
Curtis has proved he can create spiky roles for women (Emma Thompson in The Tall Guy , Julia Roberts in Notting Hill ), so the lack of a single witty or interesting line for James to deliver must be a choice rather than an accident.
That beget The Tall Guy and Four Weddings and a Funeral, which were better still.
For me, resistance is futile when it comes to his scripts for " The Tall Guy ," "Four Weddings and a Funeral," " Notting Hill " and "Bridget Jones' Diary" (which he co-wrote along with the unfortunate sequel that shall not be named).
Advertisement
Of course, that's to be expected, but some of the reasons/rationale for their reuniting occasionally feels a bit awkward or forced, with too much of screenwriter Richard Curtis' ("Four Weddings and A Funeral," "The Tall Guy") fingerprints on them.
Screenwriter Richard Curtis (who also penned The Tall Guy) is quick to let the humor start flowing, and once it starts, it never stops (although it slows during the more somber segments of the film's second half).
Fortunately, Curtis, who wrote "The Tall Guy," is up to snuff.