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I cried for Argentina because Evita literally bored me to tears. I had such high hopes going in knowing this was Madonna's signature role and that it was an acclaimed Broadway show. But the film falls flat from the start and never makes you care. Worse, the music is just so extraordinarily bland and forgettable. It's hard to believe it won any awards. Throughout, I found myself just waiting for Evita to end. Such a disappointment.
Wait Until Dark is a Hitchcock-esque suspense film that will keep your attention from its beginning to its climax. Just don't expect anything close to a Rear Window or Vertigo.
Audrey Hepburn is the star of the show, giving a solid performance - despite a script full of holes - as a blind woman who finds herself having to defend her life against three criminals. Alan Arkin, Richard Crenna and Jack Weston, offer up OK performances as stereotypical bad guys, while Efram Zimbalist is a non-factor as Hepburn's (Susy's) husband.
Regarding the film's plot holes, others have mentioned some of them, including why "Susy" never locks the door or why she so naively allows people she doesn't know to come into her apartment. I also don't know why she only tries to call the police once (she has to hang up) when she has myriad opportunities to do so. Nor does she seek help from any of the other tenants in the building, save Gloria, a young girl who lives above her. Where Gloria's parents are and why she apparently doesn't tell them about what was happening, we have no idea. And equally bizarre, no one else who presumably lives in the building is ever seen or heard from.
Yet, the biggest gaping hole for me is the film's entire set-up. Why would three criminals concoct a ludicrous plot to get their hands on the doll instead of just demanding it from the husband at the point of a gun? As I watched the film, this bewildered me to no end. It just makes no sense.
Despite these flaws, Wait Until Dark is entertaining enough. It has some interesting twists and turns and a pretty good ending. You just have to be willing to look past all its glaring plot holes and enjoy it for what it is.
Audrey Hepburn is the star of the show, giving a solid performance - despite a script full of holes - as a blind woman who finds herself having to defend her life against three criminals. Alan Arkin, Richard Crenna and Jack Weston, offer up OK performances as stereotypical bad guys, while Efram Zimbalist is a non-factor as Hepburn's (Susy's) husband.
Regarding the film's plot holes, others have mentioned some of them, including why "Susy" never locks the door or why she so naively allows people she doesn't know to come into her apartment. I also don't know why she only tries to call the police once (she has to hang up) when she has myriad opportunities to do so. Nor does she seek help from any of the other tenants in the building, save Gloria, a young girl who lives above her. Where Gloria's parents are and why she apparently doesn't tell them about what was happening, we have no idea. And equally bizarre, no one else who presumably lives in the building is ever seen or heard from.
Yet, the biggest gaping hole for me is the film's entire set-up. Why would three criminals concoct a ludicrous plot to get their hands on the doll instead of just demanding it from the husband at the point of a gun? As I watched the film, this bewildered me to no end. It just makes no sense.
Despite these flaws, Wait Until Dark is entertaining enough. It has some interesting twists and turns and a pretty good ending. You just have to be willing to look past all its glaring plot holes and enjoy it for what it is.
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