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Partners (2000)
comic fun, nothing fancy
I enjoyed the movie more than I expected to. Jennifer Lewis turns in very good work in a featured role. I wasn't aware of her before and will watch for some of her other work.
Most people seem to have relaxed expectations for Casper Van Dien's acting ability, since his handsome face and trim figure are probably what usually gets him hired; but I thought his performance in this picture was well above par. Folks who find him extremely attractive will be well rewarded if they stick with the movie through one particular scene.
The various twists of the plot will probably not amaze viewers who like this kind of comic crime movie; none are startlingly original. But the thread held together through the last scene, where there was still at least a little suspense about how the plot would end.
Bad Moon (1996)
good dog!
The dog is really good; steals the picture.
The kid is fairly annoying but not worse than most child actors. Hiring Miss Hemingway for a wolfman picture seems perfectly natural; with that unibrow, she could have played the lead.
Michael Pare works constantly, and I always like him, even though he never became a big star.
My one complaint: By time-honored tradition, we're entitled to a nude scene for the actor playing the wolfman, every time he transforms back into a human. There are two re-transformation scenes in this movie. Michael Pare has no fear of doing nude scenes (cruise his credit list), but we only get one. The first time, he's just shirtless. I call shenanigans on that.
The movie is a bi t hard on tennis shoes. The scene where Pare gives the dog some territorial payback is amusing; it almost makes up for the cheesiness of the human-to-werewolf transformation scene. But then, those almost always are cheesy, right?