Self-important, over-dramatic, uninspired.

I gave this film a 9 out of 10, because it was exactly what I expected it to be.

After playing with our expectations, this turns out to be a very different sort of film.

It is both painfully honest and laugh-out-loud funny at the same time.

In 1954, in Austin, Texas, the sexy Nadine Hightower (Kim Basinger) pays a visit to the photographer Raymond Escobar (Jerry Stiller) begging him to retrieve the photos he took from her since she believed that he would show them to Hugh Hefner. He gives an envelope to her mistakenly with the plans of the route of a new road instead and while she is waiting to leave his office, he is murdered bu his client. Nadine becomes the prime suspect and when her ex-husband Vernon Hightower (Jeff Bridges) visits her asking to sign the divorce papers, he sees the documents and realizes that they are valuable. While Vernon wants to make money with the documents, the powerful criminal Buford Pope (Rip Torn) chases Nadine and Vernon to retrieve the plans."Nadine" is an entertaining romantic adventure, with Kim Basinger and Jeff Bridges showing a great chemistry. Maybe the best thing in this movie is the chance to see Kim Basinger in the top of her beauty and sensuality. My vote is six.Title (Brazil): "Nadine - Um Amor a Prova de Balas" ("Nadine – A Bullet Proof Love")

I think this movie deserves 5.5 stars. The beginning is very entertaining but after that the film decreases a lot.I have always liked the work of the two leading Kim Basinger and Jeff Bridges who show they have a great chemistry in this film. The main problem with "Nadine" is the plot because the performances are good and funny, even though the supporting cast doesn't have much to do in here."Nadine" is about how a married couple in their process of divorce gets accidentally involved in a murder. That murder was done to get some confidential maps that represent a great business opportunity, those maps are now at Nadine's possession by mistake. Now the characters of Kim Basinger and Jeff Bridges are wanted by some bad guys who want those maps.I recommend to watch it only if you are a fan of Kim Basinger or Jeff Bridges.

Robert Benton wrote and directed this daffy comedy about a Texas manicurist in 1950s Austin who enlists the aid of her estranged husband to help her retrieve some sexy photographs she had taken by a unscrupulous shutterbug; swiping blueprints for a new highway instead, the bickering couple are chased by both the police and a crooked kingpin who's out for blood. Sassy talk and gumshun are the highlights of this pleasant whiff of an idea--sort of an old-fashioned throwback to the cinema's second-feature--but it runs out of steam after an hour or so. Kim Basinger gets to show off her squirrelly side which is very appealing, and Jeff Bridges is a good match for her, but the ramifications of an early murder, the contents of the file, and the plot elements with the gun-toting villains, Bridges' new girlfriend, and Basinger's secret "condition" are not immediately captivating. Didn't Benton realize that the central relationship alone was more engaging than the chases and the overlong shoot-out finale in a junkyard? He was trying for a breezy screwball effect, but this approach is only successful in setting up the story. The rest is irrelevant. ** from ****

NADINE stars Kim Basinger in the title role as a murder witness who is on the verge of divorcing her husband (Jeff Bridges), but fate brings them back together when they become targeted by the killers. Because the cops are also after them, and the movie takes place in Texas, you can easily see some similarity between this and THE SUGARLAND EXPRESS, which had more of a story and better acting. NADINE has cornier acting, a less attractive lady and a more ridiculous plot. I recommend SUGARLAND over this underachiever.1 out of 5