John Goodman on top form

Matinee review

Rated - 3.0 stars

By Kate from Manchester Avatar image

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Matinee

Director Joe Dante
Genres Comedy
Run time 94 mins Certificate PG

18th January 2005

No-one seems to know this film, which is a crying shame.

John Goodman is well cast as the film director, luring his audiences to the cinemas using the latest in 1960's technology (hmm) and a guy in a rubber suit. He really does make the movie. Hats off to you sir, a fine performance!

Set in the cuban missile crisis, there isn't really a whole lot of plot, or any lesson to learn from this film. But the characters are strong and well played, and it's a nice little film for the family.

(I'd love to see more of the movie- within-a-movie. 'Mant' looks like a rather hilarious little B-movie...)

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