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The movie starts with Kate (Meg Ryan) and her fiancee, Charlie (Timothy Hutton), appearing to be very much in love. But the audience gets obvious clues that Charlie is not comfortable with settling down. He goes on a business trip to Paris and leaves Kate, who is afraid to fly, behind. Kate gets a phone call from a very drunk Charlie who tells her that he has fallen in love with someone else and will not be coming home. Kate overcomes her fear of flying and sets out to win back her fiancee. As Kate sits on the plane hysterically anticipating take-off, a Frenchman (Kevin Kline) argues with a stewardess about his seating assignment. The audience is supposed to assume that the botched assignment is some kind of fate, and Kate gets thrust into a slightly tangled web of intrigue. The Frenchman, Luc, hides some stolen property in Kate’s bag during the flight to get it through customs. While the plane takes off, Kate and Luc have their first of many dialogues which serve as the window dressing for an unin spired plot. They jump right into personal conversations with Luc assuming that Kate is afraid to live life. The movie pulls the audience in several directions when the plane lands. Kate gets dumped onto foreign soil and thrown into a series of mishaps. There is a chase scene of sorts when Luc hurries Kate across town to find a thief who has stolen her bag, and consequently, Luc’s stowaway belongings. The problem with this chase scene is that there does not appear to be any ur- Meg Ryan and Kevin Kline star as characters chasing impossible dreams in FrenchKh ore i gency. Luc knows exactly who stole her bag, and no police are in pursuit of the stolen car he is driving. But when Kate and Luc reach the thief’s apartment, only 20 minutes later, he is re laxing, and all of Kate’s belongings have been sold or given away. This is a definite direction flaw, but ap parently someone really wanted a scene with Kline driving wildly through the streets of Paris. The highlight of the movie is watching Kate’s and Luc’s relationship evolve. At first, Luc is just using Kate to get back his belongings, but they realize they’re both pitiful people longing for impossible dreams, and they form a predictable bond. Audiences enjoyed watching Ryan play Sally to Billy Crystal’s Harry. They were also enthusiastic when Sally’s character was resurrected and renamed Annie to fall for Tom Hanks in Sleepless in Seattle. Now audiences have the chance watch the character, whatever the na: fall for Luc. At least the male charac: have had some variation. Ryan does a good job in French Kiss, she should — she’s already played same character twice before. The sad thing is that, in other movi audiences have seen what Ryan can But she should bury the typecast? break out of the romantic comedy genre While this movie travels slowly towa: the fairly predictable climax, it does of some entertainment. There are soi quirky moments that make the slew v age bearable, but the entertainment, not come from the plot. French Kiss is cute and clever, be comparison to other romantic comedies unimpressive. As entertained as audie: may be with the dialogue between and Kline, they will not see anything ne? Agj iK INSTANT CASH! For MENS and WOMENS gently worn, quality clothing, jeans, accessories andjeweliy. Resale Trends 3606 Old College Rd. (across from the ChicKen Oil Co.) Y, 846-0438 Clothing accepted 10 - 5:30 daily j NEATHERLIN PORTABLE BUILDINGS Mini Storage “AGGIE SPECIAL” 10 X 20 Storage Unit at the 10X15 price! 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