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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mel O&#039;Drama" data-source="post: 352316" data-attributes="member: 23">All Of Me (1984) <img src="https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=http%3A%2F%2F3.bp.blogspot.com%2F-shV_IOVrgtg%2FUt2xs9XeIXI%2FAAAAAAAAHDM%2Fr8x6gevS9p0%2Fs1600%2F1984%2Ball%2Bof%2Bme.jpg&f=1&nofb=1&ipt=7fcce4a3264657d11d72f4d40824c7a8ea10ba208bc2c584e771c1a5961c99bb&ipo=images" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="width: 559px" /> Steve Martin seemed to be everywhere for most of the Eighties. While I was very aware of his presence, it was mostly by osmosis since I somehow skipped most of his stuff. It wasn't something I actively did. For reasons I can't even remember, much of his material simply didn't appeal. Watching this, I realise there is something very specific about his schtick that many probably either find hilarious or repellent. Kind of like Jim Carrey was in the Nineties, (but Martin seems mercifully slightly less broad). This didn't make me want to add half a dozen Steve Martin films to my watch list, but I found him perfectly tolerable here and genuinely funny when he hit the mark for me, which was several times. The premise alone is fun (and daft) enough to entertain. The body switch plot feels somehow very Eighties. Certainly the way it's done here, with Lily Tomlin's soul entering Steve Martin's body, resulting in a battle of wills between them, with her controlling the right side of his body while he controls the left. Scenes of him trying to walk in one direction while she wants to go in another look hilarious. And every avenue was explored, including one great scene where Martin's character is asleep, with Tomlin realising she has to carry out his duties as a courtroom attorney on a key case all by herself, using his body. In particular, the bedroom scene with Victoria Tennant was hilarious, with puritanical Tomlin's side of his body calling Tennant a "lascivious whore" and spanking her, unintentionally turning Tennant on even more. Steve Martin doing feminine voices and mannerisms certainly tickled my funny bone. Victoria Tennant's character arc is enjoyable for lovers of scheming Eighties bitches. Particularly interesting for me was seeing Jason Bernard in a comedy role. He's best-known to me as authoritarian Marquette on Cagney & Lacey and the doctor who grimly told Knots Landing's Karen she was going to die. I've enjoyed him in both roles, so it was fun to see him playing a blind bebop-musician-stroke-busker who is drawn into a sting and ends up with Tomlin's character occupying his body briefly. It's far from a great film, but it was a fun ride. [MEDIA=youtube]DcL7PKMF4ik[/MEDIA]</blockquote>

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