Beyond Therapy
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Movie Reviews of Beyond Therapy
Movie Review: Decent play - plodding movie
Summary: 2 Stars
Ok, ok. I read reviews thru IMDB, etc which warned me that the '80s film version of this strange play was plodding, boring, plodding and plodding. But reviews aren't always right, right? And maybe my tastes are different (read: more sophisticated, of course) than the reviewers.
Uh, no. Reviews were spot on. This version of a wonderfully twisted play is dull, boring and boring. And boring, too. Julie Haggerty's usual characterization of an indecisive, insecure, ditzy woman is tolerable for about 15 minutes. Jeff Goldblum does some interesting things, but gets tiring by movie's half.
An interesting supporting cast adds some flavor, but ultimately fails. The slapstick moments were reminiscent of Noises Off!...another play that made a WONderful transition to film with John Ritter and Carol Burnett.
If your local theatre is performing the play, see it there instead. This play can be interpreted a million ways, and it's fun seeing what each acting company/director will do with it. But as for the movie version - SKIP IT - it's a crazy, flawed piece of writing that was not enhanced in film.
Movie Review: Not funny
Summary: 1 Stars
I bought this movie because it was (somewhat) by Christopher Durang, and it is positively the very last time I'll buy a DVD without renting and seeing it first. I liked "Sister Mary..." (the script, I know there's a film out there somewhere with Dianne Keaton in it, ALL of it written by Durang, but alas it is not on DVD, I very much want to see it). But "Beyond Therapy." One good thing I can say for it is the interesting way the chaos and seemingly disparate actions and characters come together (congeal?) into something coherent. But I only laughed twice. Once at the beginning when Prudence drops her magazines and screams a cussword (must be decent, mustn't say the naughty word) at the guy who runs off with them. And once when Bob is lying on the therapist's sofa with a child's fuzzy puppet on his right hand and starts to cry and takes a Kleenex with the hand with the puppet on it. Other than that the most I can say is that it was interesting, hardly funny, NOT Durang that I remember (I've read the play), and the color of the film was kind of dark and blackish, like it had been dipped in soot. I do not recommend this flick to anyone. However. A lot of people liked it, so I guess it's a question of taste.
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