nelsonmuntz
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Was going to put this in the Recently Watched Movies thread, but it deserves its own thread. This movie is a lot stranger then I remember. There is a solid preacher vs. rebellious daughter story wrapped in in a city boy in the country trope. This would be a fairly forgettable by-the-numbers nothing movie except for:
1) A slow motion game of tractor chicken.
2) Several instances of violence against women.
3) There are several dance numbers to music that isn't really dance music.
4) There is a completely unnecessary fight at the final dance.
5) An absolute bat-spit crazy scene where the preacher's daughter straddles two cars that appear to be going about 50 MPH as they head towards a semi. This scene almost results in multiple character deaths, but is never spoken of again.
Lori Singer is scorching hot, but her character is such a full blown C U Next Tuesday that I think the happiest outcome for both dad and Ren would have been for her to leave them both and never return.
Kevin Bacon doesn't do much acting at all beyond his dance numbers. You could actually make a case that Bacon is actually the supporting actor in this movie, and Lithgow and Singer are the leads.
Despite these issues, the movie is actually pretty good. I wonder if the producers were as shocked by the success of this movie as I am.
1) A slow motion game of tractor chicken.
2) Several instances of violence against women.
3) There are several dance numbers to music that isn't really dance music.
4) There is a completely unnecessary fight at the final dance.
5) An absolute bat-spit crazy scene where the preacher's daughter straddles two cars that appear to be going about 50 MPH as they head towards a semi. This scene almost results in multiple character deaths, but is never spoken of again.
Lori Singer is scorching hot, but her character is such a full blown C U Next Tuesday that I think the happiest outcome for both dad and Ren would have been for her to leave them both and never return.
Kevin Bacon doesn't do much acting at all beyond his dance numbers. You could actually make a case that Bacon is actually the supporting actor in this movie, and Lithgow and Singer are the leads.
Despite these issues, the movie is actually pretty good. I wonder if the producers were as shocked by the success of this movie as I am.