Love at Large
Love at Large
R | 09 March 1990 (USA)
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Vampish miss Dolan hires hardboiled P.I. Harry Dobbs to tail her shady boyfriend. Harry realizes that the man leads a double life but then his client disappears. Harry teams up with his own tail, P.I. Stella Wynkowski, to clear things up.

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Phonearl

Good start, but then it gets ruined

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Beystiman

It's fun, it's light, [but] it has a hard time when its tries to get heavy.

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Guillelmina

The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.

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Edwin

The storyline feels a little thin and moth-eaten in parts but this sequel is plenty of fun.

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bon-677-318564

First off, let me say I love this film. It might seem odd for a normal man of 30, when this film came out. But then, I like musicals, as well.From reading the comments here and elsewhere, people seemed nonplussed as to how to categorized this film. What clued me in was the confusion it caused everybody.This movie really is a mystery.But the mystery isn't in the plot. It doesn't keep you guessing. Or the characters; they're played pretty straightforward. It's the genre. Every time you get comfortable with how it's being played, Rudolph switches it up.Is it a film noir? Is it a comedy? Is it a love story? Uh, yes.But that's the beauty of this film.It keeps you guessing as to what it is.And Rudolph would have been having a laugh for the past quarter century if more people could see this film for the brilliance it is.Actually, if more people had seen it.But now, he's waited so long for people to get it, that well . . .

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pocomarc

Enjoyable movie.It is a tongue in cheek detective story.Berenger uses a phony, gravelly voice and is a mess as a detective: He trails the wrong man for the entire movie.When he stands up at the nightclub he hits his head on the lamp hanging over the table--twice.He does ridiculous things in his supposed detective work, one after another.This is a good natured film and an obvious spoof.The funny things is--it works.It is entertaining and funny in its silliness.I have seen many far worse movies.I would not have known that Berenger had this level of talent for comedy.

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preppy-3

I was one of the (very) few people who saw this in a movie theatre back in 1990. It was a small audience but everybody enjoyed it and I thought this would be a big hit. For some reason though this faded quickly.Detective Harry Dobbs (Tom Berenger) takes on a case for Miss Dolan (Anne Archer) to track her boyfriend. What Dobbs doesn't know is that he himself is being tracked by female detective Stella Wyntowski (Elizabeth Perkins). They end up meeting and set out to solve a mystery.Sounds strange...and it is but it's lots of fun too. The movie is always switching tone from romance to comedy to drama yet it always manages to stay coherent and entertaining. There's director Rudolph's excellent use of color and music and a script which goes whipping every which way.The cast is up to it. Berenger (purposefully?) adopts a gravelly voice and dresses like he just stepped out of a film noir. He perfectly plays the drama and comedy nicely. Perkins has a very difficult role but she grabs it and runs with it. Only Archer is a disappointment--REALLY overplaying her part. Kate Capshaw and Annette O'Toole shine in minor roles.This is not a easy movie to categorize or explain--you've just got to watch it. It's sort of like a film noir with comedy, style and color...but it's also a romance with a mystery thrown in...OR a comedy with some dramatic moments. It goes all over the map. Beautifully done and well worth seeing.

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zeus-2

This is a love story in the format of a comedy. Or, more appropriately, a love quest story. Like the Detective saga it parodies, the characters are on a search for absolution. But in Rudolph's screwball world where, for instance, every car is at least 20 years old and carries the model name "classic", all of this light madness works toward one, central theme: love is almost impossible to find, but, oh, so much fun to search for.All the characters that are in long-term relationships are either breaking up, cheating on each other, or completely self-deluded. The other characters are in perpetual seek mode, from Miss Dolan who flirts and swoons wherever her whimsical heart takes her, to Stella, who studies "The Love Manual" and bitterly says things like, "the one who is in love always waits. It's the lover's signature."Ultimately, this makes for light, entertaining fare. There aren't many bellylaughs, but there is a continual glow and a delightful, endearing glee about the film. Director Rudolph's cinematic sense is so keen that everything seems larger than it is, and more meaningful.

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