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That was an excellent one.

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Great movie! If you want to be entertained and have a few good laughs, see this movie. The music is also very good,

Yo, there's no way for me to review this film without saying, take your *insert ethnicity + "ass" here* to see this film,like now. You have to see it in order to know what you're really messing with.

We watched this again because it was on a late night movie channel. It's as trite and cheesy as we remembered. But for us, it's worth it just to watch the scenery because we visit Hawai'i when we can and love the islands. Let's see...The notion of putting a hotel literally on Kilauea was ridiculous even then. Now, it's simply hilarious. Conditions change day to day. Less than 3 months after our last visit to the Halemaumau overlook, the parking area, path, and the old beautiful cross were destroyed by an explosive eruption. Ask anyone who had property in Royal Gardens or Kalapana about that. Madam Pele can literally drop rocks on your head at any time.We enjoyed Debra Winger then and now, even though her character was obviously clichéd. Her performance was strong and she always looks like an attractive real person. We disliked Theresa Russell then and now. I've never been a fan, but her performance here was so bland and flat that she seemed half asleep the entire time. She's certainly not unattractive, but we don't find her believable as a femme fatale. She didn't ruin the movie, but it would have been better with someone else in the role. Someone who could have made the material feel better than it was.The so called sexual tension between the two women seemed awkward. Maybe the producers/director/writer thought it was edgy at the time? Theresa Russell's Texas accent (and her whole "look") was cringe inducing. But that was redeemed by swimwear, etc. in Hawai'i.Don't watch this movie expecting a rich, deep film noir experience. But do watch it for the scenery, Debra Winger's enjoyable performance, the supporting cast, and a plot that let's you float along with it.

This is an engrossing film, one that merits repeated viewings. It's a cat and mouse game between two women, one a sociopathic serial killer and the other a justice department employee determined to track her down. There's great location photography in Washington, DC, New York, Denver, Seattle and, ultimately, Hawaii. Bob Rafelson's direction is taut. He moves things along quickly never letting a scene go on too long. Best of all are the two leading ladies. Debra Winger turns in a winning, self-deprecating performance few of her contemporaries could match. Theresa Russell isn't really a great actress, but her uncertainty contrasts well with her character's cold calculating determination. Both women look great, which adds to the film's already fine visual appeal. The plot is full of holes, yet it's so entertaining they're easily overlooked. And considering that the film is already thirty years old, it still seems current, despite the land line phones, clunky computers and big shoulder pads.

Roger Ebert's review of "Black Widow" is pretty much spot-on: this is an interesting movie with a great movie trapped inside it. There are several moments where it seems to be on the verge of something truly exciting, but it never quite makes the leap, and its moralistic ending is a letdown. Maybe it needed a director like Brian De Palma or Paul Verhoeven to give it a kick; now it's scenic, but a little flat. On the other hand, a female-driven erotic-police-psychological thriller is not a common thing, and this one does maintain its female perspective all the way through. And the two leading women are up to the challenge: Debra Winger is very good, but Theresa Russell is great - this is one of those happy occasions when an actor finds a role that is so perfectly suited to them that it seems as if they were born to play it. Damn she's awesome in this film. **1/2 out of 4.

It took me almost thirty years to see this movie. I probably should have waited another thirty.Black Widow is about a woman who marries wealthy men, kills them, and then inherits all their money. Then some lady who works for the FBI tries to catch her. A wild premise, I know. I'll give you a few minutes to digest that outrageous plot line. But seriously: what could have been a dark character study or Hitchcockian-suspense masterpiece simply dies on screen with an underdeveloped script and plot holes too gaping to overlook.Why does Catharine (Theresa Russell) repeatedly marry and bury wealthy older men when doing it just once would have left her enough cash to live the rest of her life in luxury? How could every law enforcement bureau miss Catharine's obvious poisoning of her victims and not even classify the deaths as homicides? Why does Alexandra (Debra Winger) become obsessed with nabbing Catharine only to launch the silliest, sloppiest investigation in law enforcement history? ("I don't really work for the newspaper- I freelance. Actually I'm trying to sell a piece to Cosmo") How does the detail-oriented Catharine not see Debra Winger's clueless federal agent a mile away? Why would she continue to marry and kill even AFTER she knows Alexandra's true identity? Are there really all-girl scuba classes in which women get to play lesbian by performing CPR on one another?And a word here on the homosexual overtones in the movie: they're poorly-constructed and entirely half-ass. We know absolutely nothing about Alexandra as a person except that she refuses to date. Debra Winger is no help by playing Alex as a comatose shell: she doesn't seem attracted to men OR women. If a movie is going to imply lesbianism there has to be more than two throwaway lines and a make-believe kiss. I feel sorry for the reviewers who have patted themselves on the back for catching the "deep subtext" of the gay implications: there isn't more here than meets the eyes, my friends. There's less.This brings us to the ending, which is so absurd as to be laughable: Alexandra is arrested and charged with the murder of Catharine's husband while Catharine struts like a peacock in front of attorneys and law enforcement officers, even going so far as to visit Alexandra in prison! Because, you know, doesn't everybody drop by the local jailhouse to say hey to their spouse's killer? The answer is no."Black Widow' is a sloppy potboiler-wannabe, a suspense-mystery with neither element to be found anywhere on screen. The film's only highlight is James Hong as a scuzzy heroin-addicted PI, a character dark and dirty enough to hold your interest. Otherwise this movie is two frozen-faced women doing things that the script tells them to. Feel free to miss it.GRADE: C-