The News and Observer from Raleigh, North Carolina • 107

The News and Observer Raleigh NC Fri November 27 1987 37 1111111Ei 121121111211 AllglaniinE71232CMC4 Newest location: 7112 Sandy Forks Rd (corner of Falls of Neuco Sandy Forks) 847-3738 1st Location Hwy 70 6201 Glenwood Ave 787-3773 Rd ye west locatic 7112 Sandy Fork 847-3731 1st Locatint 787 77: Eat Al Addpb 044rAitikM4 -4-Pospo AZIE MARIferET SI GRILL Don't Miss Our Saturday and Sunday Breakfast and Fruit Buffet All You Can Eat! 7 am-1 pm WeEZiMM -71Zo 1201227' fl1Trri1rrftrfTIrrtTrrT1 RESTAURANT NVINEBAR Fat Azle 7 Ls 1 Zi- s'--- R-- "Iv' R-' ---A I mA -i- Ne' tq- A i :17 '-41t7att: ti 7 4'--' c1 Don A i1: '''Tti'l' i 000 nd 31 i 440: Iv 'Ki ft l4 AtiAti4 1 v-: ::11 1 '14-kcf 71-i tt4 fr A i i' and Don't 7dYou uMnaFI sdrinsua iycOt 1 Breakfast 31 at rIsdt a Lito4 7'14 ii-i ii 'ile'WL': pr ::7: 't 43:: eb Iti Ni'44 4::04 'n7FriS44: t''' is44 rWirit4 '4' i'4-4': 14: 10 '44 '1--3tiet TiittA It' 1-e- Littiij ::4 it 1'1: rr 3 qf 171' Niri ft BAR 0 -A- Ob 'CINE 11 '-r-'4 1- VPIii k' Itstr ''''f'Vir7 Cl144- 3 IP It m-'Al 4114 0 4 71 ti i iiq44 5 1 14104 1 2 1 a RtURAIN 5 ue ir 661 lolormemniatanagol Mon-Thurs Fri-Sat 11111111301111ENR 'hurs 0:00 "iat 11:00 51( Fr o0 1 1 1 CICtSt 1 ItalfrVE VISA Steve Guttenberg Tom Se Heck and Ted Danson in 'Three Men and a Baby' Baked Grouper Stuffed wShrimp 1295 Tenderloin of Chicken Creole 1295 Steak and Shrimp Combination 1295 Roast Prime Rib of Beef 1295 And baby makes four Miscarriage of the message in the translation MAKE HOLIDAY RESERVATIONS NOW! GIFT CERTIFICATES AVAILABLE MOVIE REVIEW Specials Served With House Salad 71 Item Salad Bar including: Steamed Shrimp Fresh Oysters and Dozens of Other Delicacies FANTASTIC WINE BAR featuring 36 Different Vines by the Glass Banquet Meeting Facdittes from 10 to 80 3050 Wake Forest Rd Holly Park Shopping Center 878-4056 Join Us for Sunday Buffet in the Garden Gallery because if Nimoy had realized that there was a message in this madness "Three Men and a Baby" would have been a far better film Steven Guttenberg Tom Se Heck and Ted Danson are fine as the three stud bachelors all busy career men whose biggest headache had been "post-party depression" before they find themselves being force-fed some responsibility when a 6-month-old baby fathered byone of them is left at their apartment door (One interesting change is that Nimoy makes the father a struggling actor while in the French original he was an airline steward Apparently Nimoy felt that American audiences just wouldn't accept the image of airline steward as stud) As in the original there's a lengthy subplot about a drug deal that meshes with the arrival of the baby It doesn't really work in either film If the purpose of this was to add some suspense to what might have seemed a sappy story line the effort was wasted There is no real suspense and the problem with the drug delivery is resolved much too easily for it to add drama Nimoy would have done a lot better if he had left this silliness out of his remake and kept the few moments of honest reflection But Hollywood and television have discovered that baby boomers are having babies And when there's an audience to tap poignancy and depth take a back seat to easy laughs By BILL DuPRE Staff Writer It 12 THREE MEN AND A BABY Starring Ted Danson Tom Selleck and Steve Guttenberg Directed by Leonard Nimoy At Six Forks Station Tower Merchants and Imperial Raleigh Varsity Chapel Hill and Willowdaite Durham Rated Toward the end of the 1935 French film "Three Men and a Cradle" the once-reluctant father delivers a monologue on the bittersweet joys of parenthood and the pain he feels when he realizes that try as they may men lack the necessary nurturing instinct to raise children on their own If he could rewrite Genesis he tells a disinterested listener on a park bench he would have Adam being born of Eve's rib for only women are worthy of the work of procreation A poignant scene and one that lent depth to director Colline Serreau's hit comedy This week the American remake of that film titled "Three Men and a Baby" opened in the Triangle Those who saw the original French version will find much that is familiar in director Leonard Nimoy's movie indeed the same names of the characters and even much of the same dialogue are in place It is such a slavishly faithful remake that those who saw the original can predict what's coming next Nimoy has imported everything intact from the French except the underlying message What we are left with is an extended television sitcom A good sitcom a truly funny one If the audience reaction at Saturday's sneak preview is any indication "Three Men and a Baby" will he a hit but one that lacks depth or relevance Anyone who has become a parent could empathize wit the characters in Ms Serreau's film particularly during the scene in which sophisticated childless friends of the three men get up and leave a dinner party when they realize that a baby has invaded their oh-so-grown-up world wailing and wet diapers hardly mix with cocktails and conversation It's a true-life situation one that accurately reflects the sea of change that parenthood brings Nimoy's film dispenses with such meaningful moments and goes straight for the funny bone There's a good bit of catering to the mass audience the flippant dialogue near-slapstick efforts with the baby and a sound track throbbing with old rock songs (will the influence of "The Big Chill" never leave us? But with all of this there just wasn't room for an honest moment of emotion from any of the three main characters just a bit of silly mewling over the temporary loss of the baby as if a kids dog had run away And that's a shame 111 4 I 1 1 4 er- A' 'bi 1-- 4 "I b- l' i --ob --147 Roast Sirloin of Beef Cooked to Itrfection Pineapple Glazed Ham With Our Special Fruit Sauce The South's Finest Fried Chicken A Wide Assortment of Vegetables A Salad Bar Homemade Desserts 11:30 2:00 $795 tax Children 12 Price Senior Citizens S6C5 Under 3-Free Sheraton Crabtree Hotel Sheraton Hotels and Motor Inns Worldwide Locally Owned and Operated The Sheraton-Crabtree Hotel is Owned by Crabtree Motor Inn Inc and Operated Under a License Issued by Sheraton Inns Inc US 70 West Raleigh NC 787-7111.