Rickety romantic thriller, joining together two of the sweetest people you'd ever hope to find on the fringes of the Newcastle underworld. Boy bumps into girl (literally, in meet-cute fashion) at a shopping center, when her arms are full of parcels and he's on his way to apply for a job at a jazz club. They cross paths again, later that day, when his brand-new job takes him on an errand to the hotel where she's to wear her brand-new outfit for her boss, an American moneybags named Mr. Cosmo. And again their paths cross when, at the end of the day, he happens by the restaurant where she moonlights as a waitress, and, as a bonus, he gets to overhear two men at the adjoining table plotting to strong-arm his new boss at the jazz club. Talk about coincidence! (And keep talking: the two men turn out to have been hired by her Mr. Cosmo, who for some reason has his heart set on owning this little club.) Some elliptical editing, Pop Art imagery, "free jazz," and anti-America satire (it's America Week in Newcastle) give the thing a layer of sophistication -- or of camouflage. It's nougat underneath. With Melanie Griffith, Sean Bean, Tommy Lee Jones, and Sting; directed by Mike Figgis. (1988) — Duncan Shepherd
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