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Her Alibi

1989

Bruce Beresford

Tom Selleck, Paulina Porizkova, William Daniels, James Farentino ...

5.3

1,264

Mystery. Comedy. Romance Tom Selleck is mystery writer Phil Blackwood and William Daniels of TV's St. Elsewhere fame is his long time best friend and editor Sam. Blackwood hasn't had a bestseller in some time and has been living on his reputation to long. He needs something to break his writers block, and he may just have found it in beautiful Romanian Nina (Paula Porizkova). He meets the accused murderer in court, watching trials for inspiration, and decides to become her alibi. [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Mike Clark USA Today	"For such a clumsy and likely-to-be-panned comedy, Her Alibi has its moments - more, certainly, than its painfully silly trailer suggests."	NEU
United Kingdom	Empire	"Dodgy script and weak direction means the decent performances fall flat."	NEG
United States	Rita Kempley The Washington Post	"With his teddy bear appeal, it's not surprising that there was more magnetism between Selleck and the Baby in "Three Men" than there is between Selleck and grown-up babe Paulina Porizkova"	NEU
United States	Gene Siskel Chicago Tribune	"Would it be more interesting to listen to the actors talk at lunch than to hear them run through this script? Yes, it would."	NEG
United States	Miami Herald	"A romantic comedy with enough gimmicks to fill a dime-store thriller -- see Tom almost get run over; see Tom fall in the pool; see Tom get an arrow in his rear."	NEU
United States	Variety Staff Variety	"He’s a mystery writer, she’s a mystery; and it’s also a mystery how TV fodder like this manages to get the high-gloss, top-talent treatment at studios."	NEG
Canada	Rick Groen The Globe and Mail	"The stuff here goes down like lumpy porridge on a grey morning."	NEG
United States	Sheila Benson Los Angeles Times	"It is certainly elegant looking , but 15 minutes into the action the thrill is gone and director Bruce Beresford seems to have no clue as to how to find it."	NEG
United States	Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times	"Endless, pointless and ridiculous (...) This movie is desperately bankrupt of imagination and wit, and Tom Selleck looks adrift in it."	NEG
United States	Vincent Canby The New York Times	"A romantic melodrama of a boringness to make your average tooth extraction seem preferable."	NEG

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