Elaine May

I love, love, LOVE this quirky comedy, since I first saw it, shortly after it did poorly in theaters. Henry Graham, playboy, has wasted all his inheritance, and contemplates suicide, until his manservant, Harold, suggests a rich wife might solve his financial ruin. So Henry embarks upon a search for a wealthy woman he could tolerate long enough to secure her fortune and dispose of her remains. He meets the perfect bride, a klutzy and naive heiress, Henrietta, and plans for his solvent and show more solitary future once he becomes a widower. This is a very dry, witty comedy, and makes me smile every time I watch it. The supporting cast is marvelous, too. show less

Cassavetes calls on Falk to help save him from a hitman, but after spending a while with Cassavetes, you'll be rooting for the hitman (Ned Beatty, of all people). Of some interest for its picture of nighttime NYC of its era, but except for the good acting of the two stars and the supporting cast, not the feel good hit of the year.

A gay couple's son is engaged to a conservative senator's daughter.

2.5/4 (Okay).

It's occasionally funny, and handled surprisingly well for the mid 90's. Except for Hank Azaria. What the heck is wrong with Hank Azaria.

This is difficult for me to rate. The beginning of the book was 2 stars for me. I just didn't like either of the characters. I mean, Samuel actually says to her "How much for the entire night" like the 2nd or 3rd time he meets her. Its obvious that she is a seriously damaged (emotionally) girl and he says something like that!?!? WTF! Then the book gets a bit like 2 weeks notice (that Sandra Bullock/Hugh Grant movie). She is his assistant who spends so much time with him they live together show more and slowly fall in love. However, Grace never brings up any of the issues from her past. Its just kind of odd that they get so close to each other, feel that they love each other, but are both aware of the huge elephant in the room that no one talks about. I normally like dual POV but I kind of found Samuels POV to be uninspired and vapid.
However, I stuck with the book because I wanted to see how this whole thing would play out. I'm glad I did because once the book started to get into the real nitty gritty of the problems it got better. I thought that it was more real than the rest of the book although I still found Samuel to be difficult to connect with. I was glad to have an epilogue as well to see into the future of their lives.
But, I am still a little weirded out because they are cousins. He married and had kids with his cousin. I kind of saw where the book was going and had a feeling that she was the uncle's lost daughter, but their relation never became a discussion between Grace and Samuel. It was just weird for me. It can't just be me that finds that weird right? I mean, they didn't even address it!
So, for the first 1/2 of the book I was at 2 stars.
The last 1/2 of the book was 4 stars for me.
My overall rating is 3 stars! show less