ROUGH MAGIC
A film review by Ben Hoffman
Copyright 1997 Ben Hoffman
By far the poorest excuse for a movie. ROUGH MAGIC is so bad it almost defies description. It would seem that the film was done without a script and that whatever nonsense popped into the writers' and director's heads, the camera was given the command to roll. Nothing in the film made any sense; it was an insult to one's intelligence.
Bridget Fonda is the female lead. She was given the most insipid lines to recite ("You brute!") and the most ridiculous things to do.
Someone (Paul Rodriguez) eats an egg and explodes, turning into a hot dog. A dog eats the hot dog. Later, at a wedding, Rodriguez explodes again and appears at the altar nude. Tojola (Euva Anderson) keeps asking Myra (Fonda) for $3.24 because she had gotten gas at her filling station and drove away without paying and I cannot remember why nor do I care. But Tojola's moaning about the $3,24 even at the wedding . . .
Also in the cast: Russell Crowe, Jim Broadhurst playing a drunk, and D W Moffett.
According to the director, "ROUGH MAGIC is about a woman's literal and spiritual journey toward the re-awakening of her own heart." I saw nothing that even vaguely resembled that. Several people die but later come to life. Weird and baaaad.
Directed by Claire Peploe who I find it hard to believe directed the very funny comedy, HIGH SEASON. I find it difficult to reconcile that the same person directed both films.
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