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hyped garbage

There's no way I can possibly love it entirely but I just think its ridiculously bad, but enjoyable at the same time.

In NYC, Jack Jericho (Robert Downey Jr.) is an unabashed pick up artist. He spends his time chasing after every girl on the streets. Alonzo Scolara (Harvey Keitel) is gun wielding criminal. Flash Jensen (Dennis Hopper) owes him money and his daughter Randy (Molly Ringwald) has to pay. Jack has no long term relationships other than his grandmother and Randy is even more reluctant. She's a museum tour guide and he's a grade school teacher. He becomes obsessed with her.This movie struggles to find the rom-com feel. These two actors are the most likable actors of that era. They have a nice back and forth banter. The scary criminal gambling story doesn't really fit. The tone is all over the place. The old fashion music doesn't fit either. I would really have loved RDJ and Molly Ringwald in a more straight forward rom-com. Jack is a rather horrible character. This seems to be written for older worn-out characters. James Toback is simply not the rom-com type.

Robert Downey Jr. is a New York City Lothario who becomes smitten with a stunning red head(Molly Ringwald, given a chance to star in an adult drama for a change)throwing his whole swinging lifestyle into a tailspin. In actuality he's a schoolteacher who lives with his grandmother and keeps the phone numbers of girls he hits on while cruising streets in his ailing Camaro Convertible which loves to die on him at the most inopportune times. Ringwald is the daughter of a drunk (Dennis Hopper who remains in an incoherent stooper the entire film) with a huge gambling debt she's trying to somehow repay but his ill-tempered bookie (Harvey Keitel) offers her a chance to eliminate it by pleasing a rich foreigner he wants to keep in his favor. Danny Aiello is a pal of Downey's who likes to give him advice although he often doesn't take it(as you'd expect Aiello owns a diner—stereotyped much?). Keitel is his usual intense, dangerous self, having worked with director Toback previously in FINGERS, constantly pushing Ringwald to basically hooker herself to pay off papa's debt. Downey Jr. shows here that he was a star-in-the-making, even though his character is a bit off-putting the way he follows girls like a mutt in heat. Ringwald, I imagine, was happy to star in a film where she gets to portray an adult, her Randy Jensen trying with every fiber in her being to shake off Downey's Jack Jericho and come up with some sort of solution to her dad's situation. This movie has the tiresome trip to Atlantic City where Ringwald tries to win at Blackjack to secure the money needed while Downey, despite her demands to stay away, follows behind—and yes, there's the giant Roulette wheel spin with Hopper's life hanging in the balance, which I can guess you know the result. Ringwald is adorable as always, if a bit more complicated because she has a lot to deal with and doesn't know what to do about her feelings for Downey. Downey has that effortless charm and charisma which has kept him a movie star for quite some time.

I wish there was a zero out of 10, because this movie should have never been made. It is complete crap and has nothing to do with anything. It is also one of those movies with dubbed in words which makes the movie look really cheap, which it probably was. I was drawn in by Robert Downey Jr. and the very cheap price of the DVD (should have been a dead giveaway). It is disappointing to the very end, which I shouldn't even have attempted to watch. Please for all that is good and holy, do not rent, buy, or even look at this movie. Because of the crazy guidelines, I am going to attempt to tell you how much this movie sucks. First of all, Dennis Hopper is in this poorly written, made, and acted film. He should not have graced the movie with his presence. He should stay forever in Easy Rider. Well, I am tired of writing and hopefully this is ten lines. Again, please do not watch this movie---you will waste precious time that you shouldn't.

I can very vaguely remember some talk about this movie when it first came out in theaters. None of it was good, so I wasn't really expecting much when I watched it for the first time recently. And I didn't really get much. It's hard to put your finger on what exactly is wrong with this movie, though one might suspect it has something to do with the ridiculous storyline involving Randy's(Ringwald)alcoholic, gambling addicted father. The plot involving Jack(Downey)struggling with his womanizing ways after meeting the girl of his dreams could have been achieved without a convoluted plotline like what's provided. This isn't Ringwald's best effort, though she's decent enough and makes do with what she's given. Downey's performance is not pleasant to watch. While I suspect his character was supposed to come across as sweetly charming, I perceived him as manically sleazy. Watch if you're a fan of one of the actors, otherwise save yourself the time and energy.