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Love Hate Love (1971)
Not bad for a made-for-TV-movie
This short movie (74 min. cut down to 70 for the VHS release)has some very attractive performers and a plot with great possibilities. However, there was very little actual development of the story line because of the extreme time limits placed on the production. Ryan O'Neal plays a preppy suitor for the hand of the lovely but wafer-thin model, Lesley Ann Warren. Lesley becomes distracted by the forceful suitor played by Peter Haskell, who is also insanely jealous and beats Ryan to a near-pulp when he parts ways with Lesley Ann. This display of insanity puts Haskell on the loser's block but he vows revenge and stalks the now-reconciled young couple who have married and sought safety across the country. The resolution of this problem creates a very interesting and unusual ending of the story. Too bad the "powers that be" have chosen not to release this on DVD so a new generation can enjoy this dated but absorbing drama with the edited footage restored.
Burlesque (2010)
what do the critics know?
What do the critics who panned BURLESQUE know about a vastly entertaining movie that's a good love story with some incredible choreography? NOTHING! They are so focused on how their own expectations were unmet that they failed to enjoy and appreciate some terrific acting, dragging the movie through the garbage of their own sour attitudes and unmet expectations I thoroughly enjoyed this movie and how the small town girl used her inborn chutzpah to take over an unmet need in the nightclub she was drawn to. Triumph of the human spirit and all that! Christina Aguilera never looked or sounded better and Cher was great too. Good to see Cam Gigandet as a human without the TWILIGHT vampire disposition. Nice to know he can act, too! Altogether an entertaining movie worth numerous viewings of the DVD and much more positive attention than the so-called critics could ever muster!