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<bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="501" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 189 WIDTH="495"><div> <B><IMG SRC="13ac6d5a0.png" border=0 width="109" height="90" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">DVD</B> <script language="JavaScript"> function popUp(URL,NAME) { amznwin=window.open(URL,NAME,'location=yes,scrollbars=yes,status=yes,toolbar=yes,resizable=yes,width=380,height=450,screenX=10,screenY=10,top=10,left=10'); amznwin.focus();} document.open(); document.write("<a href=javascript:popUp('http://buybox.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect?tag=reelmoviecriticc&link_code=xsc&creative=23424&camp=2025&path=/dt/assoc/tg/aa/xml/assoc/-/B000075SNH/reelmoviecriticc/ref=ac_bb1_,_amazon')><img src=http://rcm-images.amazon.com/images/G/01/associates/remote-buy-box/buy1.gif border=0 alt='Buy from Amazon.com' ></a>"); document.close(); </script> <noscript> <form method="POST" 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WIDTH="575"><div> Reviewed By Cathy Edsey Collins</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="575"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="19" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="575" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 20 WIDTH="575"><div> <B>An Unmarried Woman revisited</B></div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="1" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="580" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="269"><div> Jill Clayburgh: Grace</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="304"><div> Jeffrey Tambor: Christopher</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="269"><div> Caroline Aaron: Elaine</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="304"><div> Bill Duke: Earl</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="269"><div> Sandy Duncan: Natasha</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="304"><div> Michael McKean: Alex</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 38 WIDTH="269"><div> Eric Schaeffer: Writer/Director/Producer</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="304"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="38" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="304" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <div> <B>30 Second Bottom Line</B>: Two fifty-something New Yorkers unexpectedly fall in love.</div> <bR> <div> <B>Story Line:</B> Nearly extinct<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFCC66" FACE="Symbol" >¾</FONT>a Hollywood movie about two almost-senior citizens going ga-ga over each other. With sex toys, sex talk and sex scenes. How refreshing to encounter "Never Again!"</div> <bR> <div> In what seems like a follow-up to her landmark 1978 Mazursky drama "An Unmarried Woman," Jill Clayburgh plays Grace, a woman on the brink. Her only child is leaving for college. Her ex-husband has married a much younger woman. And she has not had sex in 15 years. Best buds Elaine and Natasha (Caroline Aaron and a surprisingly earthy Sandy "Peter Pan" Duncan) urge her to find a man and "get laid already." Feeling old, used and unattractive, Grace agrees to a night out-but yearning for a safety net-picks a gay bar where the trio can dance the night away, unfettered by the trappings of a heterosexual meat market. "Men are big babies," Grace declares. "I don't want to take care of them anymore."</div> <bR> <div> Meanwhile, Christopher (Jeffrey Tambor) clumsily makes passes at several guys within earshot of Grace. It seems that Christopher is having a sexual identity crisis after a lackluster performance in bed with a woman earlier in the week. Deciding that his sexual dysfunction is rooted in latent homosexuality, he tests this theory at the gay bar. When he mistakes Grace for a sex-changed man, she reels with laughter and their friendship begins.</div> <bR> <div> <B>Tell Me More About It</B>: This clever independent film is the brainstorm of actor/writer/director Eric Schaeffer ("When Lucy Fell"-another unique take on the lovequest) who created this story expressly for Clayburgh and Tambor when the three were starring in the TV series "Everything's Relative."</div> <bR> <div> "Never Again" succeeds in chronicling a story about over-50 lovers with hilarity and pathos. Women may appreciate the anxiety of aging better in our double-standard society and will cheer in enthusiastic agreement when Grace summarily reams out Christopher after he abruptly ends their affair-a numbing diatribe worthy of an Oscar nod.   The fear and unsteadiness of committing to a relationship are bravely confronted with humor and a reality not often seen. "Never again," says Christopher to a friend." I don't want my self-esteem attached to a blinking light on an answering machine."  A comment both sexes can agree upon.</div> <bR> <div> A biting attack on a 25 year-old in a beauty shop by Grace and her cronies packs a powerful punch and Grace's venture into a sex shop makes for one very funny exchange. Christopher's encounter with "Alex," a female impersonator, gleefully brought to life by Michael McKean, adds new meaning to the notion of false advertising.</div> <bR> <div> The film's opening scene, though, wins the prize. Close-ups of Grace grasping a young woman's shoulders as she expounds on the value of the college years soon reveal that she is really talking to her ex's nubile, young wife. Pretending that she has made an honest mistake, Grace proceeds to repeat the same lecture to her daughter. Nice dig, Grace.</div> <bR> <div> There are a few disconcerting moments in this film, to be sure. Clayburgh, sporting a black leather mask and an artificial penis does seem rather jarring. But the honesty of this film redeems such silly endeavors. And Clayburgh, looking trim but weathered, wears all 58 of her years with a disarming pride that gives her role a quiet dignity. Finally, the "Unmarried Woman" has had the last laugh. </div> <div>    </div> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="1" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="621" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="617"><div> Rated R for language and sexuality</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="617"><div> Cathy Edsey Collins © 2002</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="617"><div> <A HREF="mailto:Reelmoviec@aol.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="mailto:Reelmoviec@aol.com"><U><U>Cathyedsey@aol.com</U></U></A></div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <bR> <div> Mini Filmography </div> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="1" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="579" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 39 WIDTH="286"><div> Jill Clayburgh: "An Unmarried Woman", "Starting Over"</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="286"><div> Jeffrey Tambor: "The Larry Sanders Show" (TV), <B>"Pollock"</B></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 20 ><NOBR><div> Caroline Aaron: "Deconstructing Harry"</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="286"><div> Bill Duke: <B>"The Limey"</B></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 38 WIDTH="286"><div> Sandy Duncan: "The Swan Princess", "The Star-Spangled Girl"</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> Michael McKean: "This is Spinal Tap"</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 38 WIDTH="286"><div> Eric Schaeffer: "If Lucy Fell", "Wirey Spindell"</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="286"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="38" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="286" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>