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His performance takes on the quality of an acting school exercise-"Pretend to be an android venturing outside the lab for the first time, Mr. And none of the other characters is even a fraction as interesting as Ulysses. No one else in the cast is in his class as an actor. Right' s major fault-its lack of balance. Watching Malkovich in action as Ulysses is a real treat, one that almost overcomes the movie's shortcomings.īut, unfortunately, Malkovich's dazzling expertise leads to Making Mr. His child-like wonder, curiousity and enthusiasm are perfect and his astonished reactions to the discovery of everyday miracles (such as shopping malls and skyscrapers) are exquisite. Jeff isn't a particularly remarkable character, but Ulysses certainly is. He plays both Jeff, the uptight and vaguely nasty scientist, and his creation, the innocent and loving Ulysses. Right is a real showcase for his talents. His previous roles, especially his Oscar-nominated performance as the blind boarder in Places in the Heart, have left no doubt as to his range and ability. Or maybe it could have worked better with a little more care. Maybe its basic idea-that a human woman can find truer happiness with a machine than with any of the real men in her life-is just too squirrely.
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But the over-all quality of the movie is disappointing. Right is an interesting little flick and there is a pretty good reason to see it in spite of its flaws. If the people responsible for the current movie, on the other hand, had paid as much attention to plot and character development as to costume design, their movie would be much the better for it.Īs it is, though, Making Mr. It was a space opera, yes, but logical and believeable within its own framework. Like an engrossing, coherent storyline, for example. The problem is that Star Wars had a few other things going for it besides loveable 'droids. Since the little kids went ape over cute R2D2 and C3PO, won't slightly older ones go for a more realistic, somewhat sexier android? This must be the question the moviemakers asked themselves before bringing us Making Mr. Rated PG-13 (sexual innuendoes, but little actual bad language). Starring Ann Magnuson and John Malkovich. Directed by Susan Seidelman written by Floyd Byars and Laurie Frank produced by Mike Wise and Joel Tuber for Orion.