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"Jodie Foster is perfect as likeable, feisty Southern belle
Annabelle Bransford"
"the whole tongue-in-cheek approach is hilariously funny" |
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Maverick with Mel Gibson, Jodie Foster and James Garner |
The joined-at-the-hip team of director Richard Donner and
star Mel Gibson (all the Lethal Weapon movies and Conspiracy
Theory) had obvious fun resurrecting the Wild Western comedy
television series about a roguish rambler-gambler. In Maverick,
Gibson assumes the role of cardsharp Bret Maverick, equally quick with a
pair of aces and a pair of guns. Good sport James Garner (who played
Maverick on TV) takes another role, as a lawman who travels alongside the
hero to a big-money poker game on a riverboat. The real peach in this
fruit salad of satire and broad jokes, however, is Jodie Foster, who plays
a crafty Southern belle quite adept at poker herself. Sexy, funny, and
(from the onscreen evidence) a great kisser, Foster has never been more of
a delight.
Written by William Goldman (Butch Cassidy and the Sundance
Kid). Under-rated by the critics on its release, the seductive three-some
of Mel Gibson, James Garner and Jodie Foster; finally get through a maze
of poker games and double-crossings to get to a surprising, and satisfying
ending.
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