This is a solid comedy, with some good laughs and strong performances, but did anyone buy the notion of Ally Sheedy as "
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zizix — 16 years ago(March 07, 2010 10:01 AM)
I found it pretty absurd when the brother referred to her as "plain".
Though, I never thought she was even supposed to play a "plain looking" girl (which Ally Sheedy definitely isn't) but just a very shy, introverted person. So that doesn't make her miscast, but it does make the brother's comment very out of place. -
Howlin Wolf — 15 years ago(August 18, 2010 02:08 PM)
I think that's Hollywood code for 'pale' and 'quiet'; the characters she plays are often wallflowers, but she really is a beautiful lady.
Maybe the brother is into brash, assertive women, and that's why he makes his comment? We just don't all have the same taste and can sometimes judge the choices of others because of it.
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WarpedRecord — 15 years ago(August 18, 2010 04:40 PM)
Good point. Usually a "plain" actress in Hollywood would be one who doesn't go out of her way to be noticed, who has a "normal" job where she's not bossing others around, who is oblivious to her beauty. That would apply to Ally Sheedy's character here, but I find the woman herself positively radiant in all her roles. Of course, part of her appeal is that very subtlety.
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mcfly-31 — 15 years ago(January 05, 2011 08:38 AM)
Make-up tricks. First time Candy asks her out she's all skuzzed up with the ratty hair and no make-up, Elvira clothes. By the night of the "sleep over" scene, her hair is flowing, lipstick and eye shadow, frilly blouse. I thought this was the film where she looked best. All her other roles were teenie-bopper like goth (Breakfast Club), dyke-yuppie hairdo (St Elmo's Fire) and tomboy (Wargames). This was her first chance to be womanly. Didn't see much of her after this except with a bad blonde dye-job in Home Alone 2.
Yes, the brother was both jealous of his brother's life change and upset over his mother's "caretaker" now being unavailable. Only thing that would make Sheedy plain is that she's not busty. -
WarpedRecord — 15 years ago(February 16, 2011 03:25 PM)
Yes, I agree that Ally makes this film very memorable because she's so charming here. It's just that when they call her "plain," I don't buy it because she's gorgeous.
More recently, Ally Sheedy was very good in "High Art," which is a much darker role for her. She deserved a bigger career because she's very versatile and talented, but because of her beauty she seemed to get typecast into cutesy roles. -
drxcreatures — 14 years ago(May 26, 2011 03:06 PM)
I like Ally but, I disagree that the movie would have been less memorable with a less attractive actress. It might actually would have been more memorable.
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jaystarstar — 12 years ago(October 11, 2013 10:12 PM)
She wasn't made up as a super sexy bombshell throughout the movie, but she was certainly very nice looking and cute (except for a couple of the early scenes where they overdid the 'dowdy-spinster' look).
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hanna_house — 9 years ago(February 07, 2017 04:47 PM)
I believe this was a throwback to a the movie Marty. His girlfriend was also considered "plain"even "ugly", but she definitely was better than he deserved (the actress was Gene Kelly's wife for heavens sake). Her character was also awkward and shy and I also think it was a manipulative tactic to get him not to marry her by hurting his pride.