Wednesday 1 June 2005

Prelude to a Kiss (1992)

It's a good 10 years since I last viewed this film and while I clearly remembered the central conceit of the story, I might as well have never seen it previously for all I could recall. For a high concept story-line of personalities changing bodies (the young bride Meg Ryan -- as ditzy as she was in "The Doors" and the old codger, Sydney Walker becoming each other) the end product was oddly charmless.  Walker apparently originated the role in the original Broadway show and was probably the best thing in the movie; the romantic lead, Alec Baldwin, was also in the original but apart from looking very young was nothing special.  I think I could resist watching this again in another 10 years.

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