Legal Eagles

You don't get actors like Redford and Winger anymore. The subtleties in their facial expressions, the humanness of their characters are evident in each move they make and each action. In a sense, there is no 'acting', since the storyline, the characters and the flow reach a natural confluence. The only character that makes me feel a bit uncomfortable is Daryl Hannah's Chelsea - the performance artist. Brian Dennehy is also a little underutilised, but the movie is really a swinger for both Winger and Redford who make their attraction and talent as attorneys believable.

I've seen this movie about 5 times over the years and I never get sick of it. Though I know the plot, each time I find myself watching the actors rather than predicting the storyline. Its just great and really, so easy to watch and enjoy. There is humour, old fashioned romance, good IL' bad guys vs good guys, a bit of blood and gore and a lot of fine art thrown in. I highly recommend it!

As rival attorneys in New York City, Robert Redford and Debra Winger aren't exactly Tracy and Hepburn (he's too wishy-washy and callow, she's too flighty), but they do get to loosen up a bit from prior roles, creating an amusing give-and-take relationship while defending performance artist Daryl Hannah on murder charges. Plot is so haphazardly constructed that it was re-worked for the TV version and still nobody could figure it out. Redford and Winger get out of a bomb-laden warehouse just in the nick of time, but how they do it will have smart viewers crying foul. There are other problems, not to mention a strange, off-putting show put on by Hannah where she appears to go up in flames, but the charisma of the players is just enough to carry this heavy vehicle to a happy conclusion. The outtakes at the finale are charming, as is Rod Stewart's song "Love Touch". **1/2 from ****

I don't believe in magic. But this movie forces me to!

I find it hard to talk about movies I extremely love. But being pushed by that love itself, I have to do it. I first watched (Legal Eagles) when I was 11 year old. Ever since, I adore it. Every moment of it became such a glamorous memory. When I made my list of the best 100 movies I saw, it was surely one of them. So, what do I love about it? Simply EVERYTHING!

Talk serious MAN!. OK: Debra Winger and Robert Redford. The soft-colored and smoking hot cinematography. The breathless pace. The light yet perfect comedy. The few yet masterly action scenes. The mystery of its story. The way this script managed to be a thriller, a great movie about lawyers, and a romantic comedy as well. And nothing can compete with Debra Winger's eyes, especially when she was looking to Redford. I can swear whether she was in love, real love, with him at the moment, or she just a prodigious actress.

The dual, Jim Cash and Jack Epps. Jr, wrote together many other movies. Just remember: Top Gun, Turner & Hooch, Dick Tracy, Anaconda, The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas. For me, I see that nothing tops the effort they pulled off in Legal Eagles yet. From the complicated storyline of whodunit, to the amusing courtroom drama, reaching to the details of the main 2 characters; I can't get enough of Redford dancing to Gene Kelly's song, or Winger's dialogue; for instance the line of "borrowing one of your looks"!

History speaking; since the end of the 1970s, the movies that mix action or thrill with elements of romantic comedy, where the hero and the heroine have both an equal screen time, became in fashion. I believe that began obviously and strongly after the movement of the women's rights. (Legal Eagles) is without a doubt an icon among these movies, being an excellent competitor to be their best.

Director Ivan Reitman was never more classical. Even the smallest shot is memorable. There is a certain loveliness in the way this movie was made. Actually it has all the classy qualities of the old Hollywood while being in a new Hollywood shape too. It's just one fine example for how the studio's work works. With talents, and a harmony, movies with the intention to entertain do their job highly. This time, they were so lucky because it can't get any higher. Actually, in a case like this we're the lucky ones.

With The Boy Who Could Fly, Wise Guys, The Money Pit, now Legal Eagles must be on the top of them as the best 1986's movie I have watched. This is a classy entertainment, and it's very very rare nowadays. How many movies stand being watched for countless times while not losing any glow along the way?! In other words: How this movie doesn't get any old is one definition of magic in my book.

Come on, you have to admit that this film has a good cast with Debra Winger, Robert Redford, Daryl Hannah, and others in supporting roles like Christine Baranski. I like the fact that it was shot in New York City and not on location somewhere. No offense, Toronto or Vancouver but the backdrop does a good job. Remembering a time when the twin towers was still alive and kicking downtown. I liked the combination of Winger and Redford even though they disliked each other on the set according to rumors. Daryl Hannah plays Chelsea who seeks her father's art from crooked businessmen. She does an adequate job and proves that she's not just a pretty face. Daryl always plays shy very well but in this case, Chelsea is not shy at all. She is a bit rebellious and a performance artist with a fascination for fire. She teams up with Winger's character and later with Redford in more ways than can be said to prove her innocence and get justice served.

charming is the right word. because it is a nice film, without high ambitions and using old recipes, mixture of crime and romance, with a good performance of Daryll Hannah and same Redford who does a seductive character. a movie who can not be real convincing but who know explore in a smart manner, the common clichés. and that is its great virtue - to not be serious or a parody but a perfect choice for Sunday evening. the secret - maybe, courage to use tricks from old romantic comedies in decent doses. and it works at whole. the vulnerability of characters, the action scenes, the thin artistic stain, all as tools for a charming show who reminds classic films and who can be opportunity for rediscover good actors at duty.