THE COURTYARD
A film review by Chuck Dowling
Copyright 1997 Chuck Dowling
The Courtyard (CABLE-1995) *** out of ***** - Cast: Andrew McCarthy, Madchen Amick, Cheech Marin, Bonnie Bartlett, Vincent Schiavelli. Directed By: Fred Walton. Running Time: 105 minutes.
New York architect Andrew McCarthy is transferred to Los Angeles and finds a great apartment in a complex called Shangri La. One night he is awakened by someone blasting their television and through a pretty clever mix-up involving the intercom system he is entangled into a complex murder plot.
He meets and falls in love with the victim's sister (Amick, from TVs "Twin Peaks") and more and more feels like he was the cause of her brother's death. So he sets out to try and uncover the killer's identity, interfering with the investigation of detective Cheech Marin. The problem is: just about everyone living in the complex is insane in one way or another.
"The Courtyard" is pretty good considering the quality of most made-for-cable films. It's got a good story, with plenty of possible murder suspects for the audience to choose from. I guessed it correctly by the way, and if you pay close attention to the dialogue you'll be able to figure it out as well. If there's nothing else in at the video store, this one may be worth your time, as long as your video store actually HAS a copy of it.
--Chuck Dowling
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