I heard for the first time about THE REAL BLONDE in May 2020 and when I looked at the cast I told myself that I knew I had to see it. Last March (after nearly two years) I finally saw it and while I didn't loved it, I still liked it for what it was.
Joe (Matthew Modine) is an aspiring actor that works as a waiter in a restaurant. His girlfriend Mary works as a cosmetician and supports him in money. Joe wants more to express himself than work a job with a salary, and is frustrated for not having accepted roles that were up to his standards. In the meanwhile his colleague Bob lands a role in a soap opera and has a fetish for blonde, leading to date a model and then dump her when he discovers her hair is dyed. Joe swallows his pride and meets agent Dee Dee Taylor (Kathleen Turner) that arranges for him to be an extra for the new Madonna music video while Mary goes to a self-defense and anger management class with an instructor (Denis Leary) that encourages her to express her anger. Bob has success with his soap opera and starts a relationship with real blonde Kelly (Daryl Hannah). During the Madonna video the director (Steve Buscemi) treats the extras like contest dogs and Madonna has been replaced by Tina (Elizabeth Berkley), and for an anti-semitic statement Joe is fired.
Dee Dee takes pity for Joe and arranges for him to play the part of a sexy serial killer in a play with Tina as her co-star, and he succedds and goes in bed with Mary after months. In the meanwhile Bob is negotiating a longtime contract for the soap while Kelly taunts him constantly, and Bob hopes to have Kelly's character killed in the show.
While the plot is a bit convoluted and the language a bit too adult in spots, it's still funny and managed to make me crack some smiles here and then. Matthew Modine gives a decent leading man performance and he actually surprised me, Daryl Hannah comes off good along with being gorgeous as the sultry soap opera star, while Maxwell Caulfield was a bit buffoonish with his fetish and needed a break. The supporting cast (Kathleen Turner as a pretentious but still warm-hearted agent, Christopher Lloyd as the head waiter and Joe's boss, Steve Buscemi as a loud video director, Elizabeth Berkley as a sexy Madonna double and part time actress, Denis Leary as the defense instructor) is a hoot and gives their best with the material given. The soundtrack was catchy, with not only Madonna's HANKY PANKY but also BE MY LOVER by La Bouche (a song I really love and now I can't associate it without thinking of this movie) and various other hits of the 1990s.
In substance, this movie is like a satire on the entertainment and fashion industry, and it does it in a nice and, I dare to say it, kid-friendly way. With a star studded cast, lots of great songs of the unforgettable 1990s and some funny moments, do you need more? Perfect for having some sort of voyage back in the 1990s even for folks who haven't lived them (like me that I am soon to be 24).
Joe (Matthew Modine) is an aspiring actor that works as a waiter in a restaurant. His girlfriend Mary works as a cosmetician and supports him in money. Joe wants more to express himself than work a job with a salary, and is frustrated for not having accepted roles that were up to his standards. In the meanwhile his colleague Bob lands a role in a soap opera and has a fetish for blonde, leading to date a model and then dump her when he discovers her hair is dyed. Joe swallows his pride and meets agent Dee Dee Taylor (Kathleen Turner) that arranges for him to be an extra for the new Madonna music video while Mary goes to a self-defense and anger management class with an instructor (Denis Leary) that encourages her to express her anger. Bob has success with his soap opera and starts a relationship with real blonde Kelly (Daryl Hannah). During the Madonna video the director (Steve Buscemi) treats the extras like contest dogs and Madonna has been replaced by Tina (Elizabeth Berkley), and for an anti-semitic statement Joe is fired.
Dee Dee takes pity for Joe and arranges for him to play the part of a sexy serial killer in a play with Tina as her co-star, and he succedds and goes in bed with Mary after months. In the meanwhile Bob is negotiating a longtime contract for the soap while Kelly taunts him constantly, and Bob hopes to have Kelly's character killed in the show.
While the plot is a bit convoluted and the language a bit too adult in spots, it's still funny and managed to make me crack some smiles here and then. Matthew Modine gives a decent leading man performance and he actually surprised me, Daryl Hannah comes off good along with being gorgeous as the sultry soap opera star, while Maxwell Caulfield was a bit buffoonish with his fetish and needed a break. The supporting cast (Kathleen Turner as a pretentious but still warm-hearted agent, Christopher Lloyd as the head waiter and Joe's boss, Steve Buscemi as a loud video director, Elizabeth Berkley as a sexy Madonna double and part time actress, Denis Leary as the defense instructor) is a hoot and gives their best with the material given. The soundtrack was catchy, with not only Madonna's HANKY PANKY but also BE MY LOVER by La Bouche (a song I really love and now I can't associate it without thinking of this movie) and various other hits of the 1990s.
In substance, this movie is like a satire on the entertainment and fashion industry, and it does it in a nice and, I dare to say it, kid-friendly way. With a star studded cast, lots of great songs of the unforgettable 1990s and some funny moments, do you need more? Perfect for having some sort of voyage back in the 1990s even for folks who haven't lived them (like me that I am soon to be 24).