The Miami Herald from Miami, Florida • 202

6BW The Miami Herald Friday March 3 1989 Nigel Havers Nick Nolte In the midst of war one man vanished into the jungle and emerged as king In Skin Deep John Ritter plays a writer who lusts after every woman he meets which causes his marriage to a TV anchorwoman played by Alyson Reed to fall apart Skin jokes familiar but funny riovic Review Skin Deep (R) Vfc CAST: John Ritter Vincent Gardenia Alyson Reed Joe! Brooks Julianne Phillips Peter Donat Michael Kidd FAREWELL STOTHEB KING CREDITS: Writer-director- Blake Edwards Cinematographer: Isidore Mankofsky Producer: Tony Adams Executive Producers: Joe Roth James Robinson A 20th Century-Fox Release Running time: 102 minutes Profanity nudity sexual situations Herald movie critics rate movies from zero to four stars Excellent Very Good Good Worth Seeing Fair Poor Zero- Worthless i Ruddy Morgan a John Milius Nick Nolte Nigel Havers To The Marius Weyers Frank Mcrae Co-starnng Elan Oberon SI 1 Marilyn Tokuda William Wise John Bennett Perry James Fox Rumarwle Pierre Schoendoerffer Au John Wheeler a Pierre Schoendoerffer Au Basil Poledouris Praloc Alberts Ruddy Coates Andre Morgan ORIGINAL MOTION PICTURE SOUNDTRACK AVAILABLE ON VARESE SARABANP6 RECORDS CDS AND CASSETTES By JUAN CARLOS COTO Herald Entertainment Writer Remember Blake 10 with Dudley Moore as a songwriter itching to bed Bo Derek? Skirt Deep latest endeavor stars John Ritter as Zach Hutton a writer who lusts after every woman he meets As a result his marriage to a savvy television anchorwoman (Alyson Reed) falls apart and he spends the rest of the film trying to salvage it If it sounds like an Edwards rehash it is and not just of 10 philandering recalls The Man Who Loved Women dull remake of the Francois Truffaut classic There are also themes from SOB black comedy about the movie business and Life his uneven comedy-drama about midlife crisis Zach an alcoholic is trying to make sense of his depression a state made more harrowing by his environment: the callous plastic world of Hollywood answer to inner struggle is pat and muddled It seems Edwards who was raised in Hollywood is still trying to figure it out himself Skin Deep works best when the director delivers his stock in trade slapstick and sight gags Just when Zach gets overly introspective Edwards throws in a gag usually with uproarious results One bit of bathroom humor which sheds hilarious light on safe sex is remi- and Directed tn PG-13mbents sraeMiY cautioned ocLffYsroeD 'OOC Puns Miii e'wePtMfvwiNwwc40Miic mi eMiEweo An ox on PEMBROKE PINES UNITED ARTISTS THEATRES MOVIES AT PEMBROKE PINES n3S0 PINES BOULEVARD 435-3700 PICTURES Retease DEERFIELD BEACH DEERFIELD CINEMA 5 HILLSBORO BOULEVARD tl MILE WEST OF I 9S 428-0008 HOLLYWOOD WOMETCO FLORIDA 4 HOLLYWOOD MALL 987-9350 STARTS TODAY IN DADE 0 RON CARLYLE GABLES PADElANO MILLER SQUARE 8 UNIVERSITY" Fl 1RIDA 4 HIALEAH CINAM MARINA 8 OMNI 6 AND MOVIES AT PEMBROKE PINES MUVICO THEATERS CORAL SPRINGS MALL SIX UN'VERSiTY SAMPLE CORAL SPRINGS MALL 753-9700 BOCA RATON WOMETCO THEATRES SHAD0W00D 12 9689 GLADES ROAD 482-2296 PLANTATION UNITED ARTISTS THEATRES MOVIES AT PLANTATION 8400 BROWARD BLVD 472-1108 FORT LAUDERDALE DRElER THEATRES GATEWAY CINEMA 4 tUS 1 SUNRISE BlVD AT I8TH AVE 763-7994 sunrise WOMETCO THEATRES 8 at WESTON 4338 160 AVE 384-7713 LAUDERHILL UNITED ARTISTS THEATRES MO VIES AT LAUDERHILL WEST OF UNIVERSITY ON COMMERCIAL BLVD 748-5507 niscent of Edwards' uproarious se quences from the Pink Panther movies Of course having Ritter around helps Eight seasons of Company certainly perfected his slapstick style Zach always intriguing but he makes us laugh so we mind spending 102 minutes with him Edwards also surrounds Ritter with a strong cast Of note: Vincent Gardenia as bartenderbud-dy Tony-winning choreographer Michael Kidd as his analyst and Peter Donat as his cynical agent Edwards even manages to get a serviceable performance from Julianne Phillips the former Mrs Bruce Springsteen quite an achievement Skin Deep is 36th film a rehash but also a nice surprise Count on Action Line to solve problems get answers and stand up for your rights SNEAK PREVIEWS TONIGHT AND TOMORROW NIGHT Is a Roger EbeCSISKEL EBER KfilEIiEgeiBtMMlLEB llllllHIllTSk- -Roger Ebert SISKEL EBERT Falling In Love With The Funniest Romance Of TRe Year! 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