Amazon.com Essentials:
Lawrence Kasdan's 1983 big-budget variation on John Sayles's
The Return of the Secaucus Seven finds a cluster of old
college radicals--who have since gone on to sundry professions and
various degrees of materialism--reuniting over the death of a
friend. Both playful and thoughtful, the film represents Kasdan
(Body Heat) at his
most astute. The attractive cast meshes perfectly into a group of
characters for which a former closeness is out of synch with their
current lives, yet their warmth is enviable and inviting. The script
may be a bit too glib, with many one-liners, but it is still a
perfectly designed story with telling irony and no little passion.
--Tom Keogh
Amazon.com Essentials:
Lawrence Kasdan's 1983 big-budget variation on John Sayles's
The Return of the Secaucus Seven finds a cluster of old
college radicals--who have since gone on to sundry professions and
various degrees of materialism--reuniting over the death of a
friend. Both playful and thoughtful, the film represents Kasdan
(Body Heat) at his
most astute. The attractive cast meshes perfectly into a group of
characters for which a former closeness is out of synch with their
current lives, yet their warmth is enviable and inviting. The script
may be a bit too glib, with many one-liners, but it is still a
perfectly designed story with telling irony and no little passion.
--Tom Keogh
Amazon.com Essentials:
Lawrence Kasdan's 1983 big-budget variation on John Sayles's
The Return of the Seacaucus Seven finds a cluster of old
college radicals--who have since gone on to sundry professions and
various degrees of materialism--reuniting over the death of a
friend. Both playful and thoughtful, the film represents Kasdan
(Body Heat) at his
most astute. The attractive cast meshes perfectly into a group of
characters for which a former closeness is out of synch with their
current lives, yet their warmth is enviable and inviting. The script
may be a bit too glib, with many one-liners, but it is still a
perfectly designed story with telling irony and no little passion.
--Tom Keogh
