ntertainment Sequel pales to original; shallow plot hurts 'Roses' Jfl£W YORK (CNS) — The biggest rip- Gale, both of whom were responsible for 'off to come down die pike in years, "Back "." Fox provides the to die Future Part II" (Universal) is noth­ film with a warm center, but his mugging ing more than, a succession of commercial and endearing charms will not be enough endorsements for such high-visibility pro­ for adults who loved the unexpected ori­ ducts as AMC cars, AT&T, Pepsi, Nike ginality and corny family humanism in Part running shoes and its own sequel (prior to I. the closing credits of Part H, we're sitting In essence, Part U is a cold, calculated ducks for a lengthy trailer for Part IQ). revenue machine primed to drum up busi­ returns as wired ness for Part ID, which is set for summer scientist, Dr. Emmett Brown, whose De- 1990 release. Lorean car is still a time-traveling marvel. Due to some minimal rough language This first sequel opens where the original laced with incidental sexual innuendoes, film closed,. It's October, 1985, and Doc is the U.S. Catholic Conference classification out'to save Marty McFly's future progeny is A-JJ — adults and adolescents. The Mo­ from being led astray by young hoods. tion Picture Association of America rating Catholic News J Along with Marty (Michael J. Fox) and is PG — parental guidance suggested. Actors Christopher Lloyd (left) and Michael J. Fox return as Doc Brown anc his girlfriend Jennifer (Elizabeth Shue) in Marty McFly in 'Back to the Future Part II.* tow, Doc heads for the year 2015 where Marty must stop a chain of events that War of the Roses middle name as he pushes Barbara to be­ Oliver's attorney, Gavin, is the only threaten to destroy his wimpy son Marty Recalling the rise and fall of an_ upwardly come the perfect wife and to create the per­ winner in this prizefight since the Roses' McFly Jr. and enhance his own reputation mobile married couple, "The War of the fectly well-appointed home and children. behavior inspires him to change his as a loser. Roses" (20th Century Fox) is told through In the end, neither Barbara nor Oliver womanizing ways, marryand devote his Chief adversary in 2015 is Griff Tannen the eyes of divorce.attorney Gavin D'Ama- will win any sympathy votes for their be­ life to building his marriage not his career (Thomas F. Wilson), grandson of Marty's to (Danny DeVito). havior. The film does a good job of satiriz­ or possessions. But' despite DeVito's at­ father's nemesis, Biff. But old Biff (also DeVito also directed mis slick black ing the anger, greed and community prop­ tempt to impart a comforting moral to the played by Wilson) makes a creaky come­ comedy that pulls lots of punches in its pro­ erty angles of modern divorce settlements, Roses' bleak, shallow story, some audien­ back when he steals the DeLorean and file of the romantic meeting, mating and but there is only v|gue sensitivity to the ces may be unsettled by the no-holds- problems that led Barbara to end the mar­ barred elements of this nasty battle of the travels back to 1955 (site of Part I) to give marriage of Oliver and Barbara Rose (Mi­ a his younger self a gift that will miserably chael Douglas and Kathleen Turner). riage in the first place. sexes. > alter the 1985 future of everyone forever. Based on the book by Warren Adler, the Although it's obvious that this marriage Due to some rough language, brief ex­ Basically, this is just an empty show of film zeroes in on the couple's 18-year evo­ was devoted more to consuming collecti­ plicit sexual encounters and nasty cartoon technical wizardry by director Robert lution from happy penury to wealthy dis­ bles than nurturing, loving and communi­ violence between a husbandLand wife, the Zemeckis ("Who Framed Roger Rabbit") content as Oliver works his way up the lad­ cating, those issues take a back seat to. the U.S.C.C. classification is ATV — adults, and a- snappy litany of scientific mumbo der of success in a prime Washington law war that results during divorce negotia­ with reservations. The M.P.A.A. rating is jumbo concocted by screenwriter Bob firm. Materialism seems to be Oliver's tions. R — restricted. Funeral Directors of the Rochester Diocese

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