Characterization, from the pivotal people to the peripheral, is largely limited to, or supplanted by, the declarative first-person manifesto: "I want a relationship," "I want more from you," "I need to be on my own," "I gotta get serious," "I want to have her child," "I don't believe in orgasms," "I value growth." Gaps are filled in with declarations in the second or third person: "The trouble with you, my friend, is that you take this feckuckteh life too seriously," "You're a good boy -- lazy, but basically decent," "She's not your type," "He has passion; he's a romantic from another time." A certain sameness in the characters on this score could be seen as intentional: a diagnosis of a common and perhaps contagious mind-set among modern Los Angelinos. More likely, it betrays the presence of the single creative intelligence -- that of writer-director Bobby Roth -- which unites them all, and which transfers onto them its own tendency toward swift and stern judgmentalism. This does not get in the way, however, of accurate perceptions of the L.A. social scene. With Peter Coyote, Nick Mancuso, Carole Laure, Carol Wayne, and Kathryn Harrold. (1984) — Duncan Shepherd
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