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Every now and then he legs it into the nearest town for a
performance and when he does he pleases both the crowd and
himself. That doesn't stop him copping it in the neck, however,
when he gets home.
After one show Frank finds himself taking in an attractive
blonde singer Julie (Lacey Kohl) whose hubby Roy Baker (James
Caan) is a has-been country-and-western star who will bonk
any bit of skirt that comes his way. He then steals their
money!
Anyway, Frank falls for Julie with disastrous consequences
as his horrible, but well-ordered life is thrown to the winds.
To go any further would ruin the movie, which is a nicely
off-beat bit of blackish humour.
Stern is hugely likeable as the pathetic Frank, while almost
all of the other main characters are not. Patricia Richardson
plays the shrew beautifully and Caan is enjoyably detestable
as the morally bankrupt Baker.
The video transfer is spot-on and the sound, despite being
stereo, is pretty good. (Although some of the singing is obviously
mimed.)
Conclusion: Movie 75% Extras 20%
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