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Un tè con Mussolini (1999)
Definately CHER's best role
I am a huge Cher fan- I drove three hours one way to see this movie! I was NOT disappointed at all. From her first unforgettable scene to her last frame, you cannot forget Elsa (her character) and what she does for others, even those who strongly dislike her for no legitimate reason. Kinda makes you wish there was a little of Elsa in each of us- giving without wanting others to know. Lily was wonderful also- a brassy so-far-out-of-the-closet-she's-a-room-unto-herself lesbian with a remakedly sharp tongue. The Lily we all know and love. Maggie Smith is remarkable also- a wonderfully bitchy old dame who is just as slice-and-dice with her tongue as the rest of them. Her remarks about Americans are dead on- especially as you put them into the time-context. YOU WILL NOT BE DISAPPOINTED. I thought I would get lost in the historical timeline- but I didn't at all. Wonderful script and direction. Sets and costumes were beautiful, as was the artwork. SEE THIS MOVIE... even if you have to drive three hours one way to see it, as I did!!!! :-)
Faithful (1996)
BitchFest 1996!!!!
The first time I saw it, I hated it. With a passion. Don't know why- I've loved everything else Cher had done. It didn't click for some reason. Then I watched it some time later and WHAM, I got it... going thru the same thing myself (except the hitman part). I found myself laughing and crying, and rooting Cher's wonderfully angry and hostile dialog. (I think she let Ryan off too easy...) The whole first half is a setup for the last half, when her husband Jack (Ryan O'Neil) comes home. Then the poo REALLY hits the proverbial whirling blades. She lets him have it, takes it all back, and gives it to him again. Harder. (Considering how I felt when I went thru a similar situation, he STILL got off way too easy!) I would very much recommend this movie- especially if your boyfriend or girlfriend has had an affair and you are still bitter- it's very cathartic. And it's still free! (Okay- the rental isn't- but it's a funny line in the movie...)
Chastity (1969)
A RARITY- but worth seeking out!
This is it- the legendary dramatic debut of Cher! She's an angry rebellious teenaged runaway hitchhiker. She has decidedly different views on sex- she won't give it up to the truckdriver who picks her up, but ends up working as a prostitute in Mexico. I won't give away the emotional ending of the movie, but it explains her reasons for doing all that she does; you may hate her at the beginning, but by the end your heart is breaking.
Good Times (1967)
GOOD TIMES, okay movie
This is the starring debut for Sonny and Cher (their screen debut being WILD ON THE BEACH). It is a hodge-podge of Sonny's fantasies of a movie-star career and Cher's not wanting to have any part of it (a carry-over from real life... ironic, huh?) It has one of their best songs DON'T TALK TO STRANGERS, and Sonny's comedy timing is surprisingly good. They could have done a lot better with a real script, I feel, but it WAS 1967...