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Bookmark this pageHer Alibi (1989)
Director: Bruce Beresford
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From Time Out Film Guide
One of those predictable comedies about reclusive writers living vicariously through the adventures created in their work. Selleck is a mystery novelist, suffering from writer's block, who attends court one day in the hope that inspiration will strike, and encounters beautiful Romanian Nina (Porizkova). His powers of perception are such that he can tell straight away she's incapable of stabbing a man as charged, and it transpires that she's being coerced by nasty KGB agents. Suitably intrigued, he offers refuge at his palatial country hideout, in the knowledge that the unfolding adventures will offer him plenty of material. The plot is ludicrous, which in itself would be perfectly acceptable given sharper handling, but both script and direction devote so much time to romantic undercurrents that the central intrigue is further divested of credibility.Author: CM
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- J. White said...
- Posted on Feb 04 2010 14:35 2/2/2010. Watched this flik on Encore movies last night and even with the sound turned up to the max did not hear who did the first murder or why.
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Cast & crew
Director: Bruce Beresford
Producer: Keith Barish
Cast: Tom Selleck, Paulina Porizkova, William Daniels, James Farentino, Hurd Hatfield, Ronald Guttman, Victor Argo, Patrick Wayne, Tess Harper full cast
Genre(s): Comedy
Duration: 94 mins
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