Michael Sarrazin is an intern in a big hospital. He develops rapport with the patients, and spends their entire date saving a life, which enchants children's book editor Jacqueline Bisset. How does he do it? He's a speed addict, and soon hooks Miss Bisset. Their lives go to pot, although they continue to look fabulous and dress well to the end.
It's a problem with Hollywood productions about people who lose their fabulous lives because of drugs, that they still look fabulous and wear good-looking clothes. Of course we don't want want to see our stars look the way their characters should -- although Christian Bale is willing to lose or gain 30 or so kilograms for artistic verisimilitude -- but Miss Bisset's performance, while spot on, isn't convincing when she continues to look so gorgeous, and Sarrazin ends looking like he's sleepy instead of strung out.
Sometimes you have to make sacrifices in order to tell a tragic story. They didn't here.
It's a problem with Hollywood productions about people who lose their fabulous lives because of drugs, that they still look fabulous and wear good-looking clothes. Of course we don't want want to see our stars look the way their characters should -- although Christian Bale is willing to lose or gain 30 or so kilograms for artistic verisimilitude -- but Miss Bisset's performance, while spot on, isn't convincing when she continues to look so gorgeous, and Sarrazin ends looking like he's sleepy instead of strung out.
Sometimes you have to make sacrifices in order to tell a tragic story. They didn't here.