Straight Talk
1992 Directed by Barnet Kellman
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Honest and straightforward small-town Shirlee Kenyon chucks her boyfriend and heads for Chicago. Accidentally having to host a radio problem phone-in show, it is clear she is a natural and is hired on the spot. But the station insists she call herself Doctor, and as her popularity grows a local reporter starts digging for the truth. Problem is, the more he is around her the more he fancies her.
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An impulse buy this morning simply because the New York Times called the film "Irresistible", Straight Talk is exactly what you would expect from a movie in which Dolly Parton accidental becomes a radio therapist. I, and I'm sure you, have seen plenty of films that follow the mistaken identity plot line, but I can't hate the film for that. The formula used in the film works, and is utterly harmless. The movie played, I watched it, I smiled at a few things James Woods did, I was able to peel off all the stickers from the other DVDs and Blurays that I bought today, and now my life moves on. Dolly Parton is charming enough and I can think of much worse ways to pass an hour and a half.
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Cinderella allegory (okay, shoot me now) aside, her sitting on that pumpkin is seriously making me think this is the girl version of Ernest Scared Stupid. Which naturally would make it a prime double-feature partner for My Boyfriend's Back. If they wanted us to get that it was a country girl's dream made in the city... why is she sitting on that pumpkin against a night backdrop? It would be a lot wiser to have it be bright day behind her and her sitting on the pumpkin amidst the busy city-people like she was taking a rest on a bench...and waiting for her dream to come true.
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An impulse buy this morning simply because the New York Times called the film "Irresistible", Straight Talk is exactly what you would expect from a movie in which Dolly Parton accidental becomes a radio therapist. I, and I'm sure you, have seen plenty of films that follow the mistaken identity plot line, but I can't hate the film for that. The formula used in the film works, and is utterly harmless. The movie played, I watched it, I smiled at a few things James Woods did, I was able to peel off all the stickers from the other DVDs and Blurays that I bought today, and now my life moves on. Dolly Parton is charming enough and I can think of much worse ways to pass an hour and a half.
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The 90s classic finally comes to Blu-ray! I felt humbled watching this in 1080p...