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Midler, Long carry Outrageous Fortune Following in the footsteps begin their search, Midler and of her success in Rtuhless People, Long find their apartments trashed momentwn going until the final Belle Midler now teams up with and men chasing them, and so the fifteen minutes when things stan Shelley Long in the new adventure begins. to get bogged down and the film adventure-comedy, Outrageous Both MidJer and Long give Fortune . unforgettable performances. starts spinning its wheels. Even with Carlin's help, like a broken Arthur Hiller directs this From the first moment that phonograph, Fortune seems farcical tale of two struggling Midler bursts onscreen until the keep lingering too long on the to actresses and their hilarious mis- moment the credits roll up, you final scenes. The other problem adventures. The movie opens in won't know what 00 expect next New York as we see a nervous from this dynamic duo. may just be technical nit-picking, but it does stand out in living Long, who is attempting to get Long employs her usual color. In the course of the film, a into a prominent acting class. At snick-up, snobby. refined Diane of the city. Midler offers to give enthusiastically played, they the audition she encounters Chambers role from television's the cabbie $200 if he will stay might have been funny, but they man is shot in the leg and is Midler, a rude, raunchy, and Cheers. while Midler portrays that and wait for them. As the two aren't done well and the audience shown having trouble standing. energetic young woman, who loose, floozy-like role she does so women approach tilL building. is left yawning. The one yet a day later in the storyline, ends up in the class with her. well. It's these characters' basic, Long whispers. "Are you crazy? exception to this so-so cast is that same man runs, jumps, and formations After a long day of verbal warfare inate differences which sets them We don't have any money-be'll George Carlin. Carlin vividly leaps between tallrock in a single bound. Was it only a with Midler, Long meets Michael apart from each other, sets the kill us!" "No he won't," Midler portrays the small lawn drunken flesh wound that we saw or was (peter Coyote), a schoolteacher, film in motion, and produces the calmly replies, "cause we'll bum. Maybe that's because he's all that blood just catsup from a whom she believes to be the man verbal sparks that fly onscreen. probably get raped and murdered had some practice at it. After hot dog eaten offscreen? of tier dreams. The two actresses work in this building." Midler and Long, he's the most With any other actresses this Later. after Micheal fantastically together and manage inspiring. and comical, character seemingly dies in an explosion, to create the intangible bond As good as Midler and Long movie would have been a real in the movie and he manages to Midler encounters a grieving between characters that is so are, though, the supporting cast keep the film afloat as the two dog, but Midler and Long manage to save Fortune and raise the film, Long in the city morgue. The difficult to achieve. just isn't up to par with these actresses catch their breath. and their careers, several notches two quickly realize that they have Even though writer Leslie ladies. The remaining actors are Carlin even manages to get a higher. We're sure to hear more been sleeping with the same man, Dixon supplied them with a good relegated to stereotypical roles and little sympathy out of the from this pair. as well as the fact that the body in script, only inventive ad lib could just stand around and let the ladies audience near the end. As it stands, this movie the morgue is not their lover's. have produced some of the clever do the work parts. How many Though the majority of offers audiences everywhere the Anned with new hope. the two of dialogues which occur between times have audiences had to put Fortune's story is interesting and chance to see two actresses at the them reluctantly agree to look for the two. In one scene, Midler and up with the bumbling moves along at a fast clip, it is top of their class, doing what they Michael together so be can choose Long's search takes them to a run~ govemmentagentrole? If the trip- not without problems. Midler between them. 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