Producer review
Visual pleasure and fashion; weaker dialogue; exercise questioned
In the discussion (7)
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- The sleek, sexy depiction of Los Angeles is so satisfying that a ten-hour version would be welcome.
- The clothes are defended as fashionable again because of their neutral tones, relaxed tailoring and wide legs.
- Favorite outfits include the light blue or silvery suit, the first bar-scene outfit and the shoeshine jacket.
- The collared leisure wear is admired as consistently classy; a competing preference favors elastic-waistband comfort.
- The gravity-boot exercise is questioned as ineffective sit-ups, then defended as a deliberate image of body control and sex appeal while Julian learns Swedish.
- The script and especially the Gere–Hutton dialogue are criticized as less compelling than the movie’s images.
- The dialogue is defended as appropriate to vapid or repressed people who cannot communicate what they want.