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movie review - The Right to Remain Silent

the journal of Michael Werneburg

twenty-seven years and one million words

Toronto, 1997.04.07

Things are definitely looking up for April! This movie is about the first night on the job for a rookie cop (played by Lea Thompson). It involves a black man (LL Cool J) who went undercover (literally) to investigate the Ku Klux Klan, an elderly man (Carl Reiner, looking elderly indeed!) who euthanized his wife, a strung-out pizza deliverer (Amanda Plummer) who survived an assault by shooting her way out, and more. It actually gets touching, which Hollywood usually doesn't, but it's still a mess.

Not recommended.

rand()m quote

The fishermen know that the sea is dangerous and the storm terrible, but they have never found these dangers sufficient reason for remaining ashore.

—Vincent Van Gogh