Or Goldie the Riveter, for those who need Goldie Hawn and marital fidelity to perk up the documentary Rosie the Riveter on the female work force in World War II. And even Goldie, in an effort to show how her character grows and strengthens into a feminist paragon, is less perky than usual. The production, in terms of clothes, cars, and so forth, is very full — even overflowing. The life portrayed, in terms of what the people are like, what their job is like, what their leisure is like, is pretty skimpy. And granted that the woman is the rightful focus of attention, a slight bit of interest in what her husband has been up to, once he returns home from war, would not too much impair her independence. With Kurt Russell, Ed Harris, and Christine Lahti; directed by Jonathan Demme. (1984) — Duncan Shepherd
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