Review of Brenda Starr (1989) by James R — 18 Apr 2011

Caught this whilst I was on holiday; had it not been for all the other channels being a completely different language, I would've switched over. As it happens I sat through the whole thing. The main plot concerns an animator who draws himself into the life of Brenda Starr (Brooke Shields) and follows her round the world looking for a scoop about a man who invented a new form of petrol.

What follows is a fairly drab film, full of set piece slapstick humour and bad characters, there's nothing particularly redeeming about the film and the characters retain the two dimensionality of their comic-book personas.

This film is watchable, you might smile a little throughout, but I'd recommend just not bothering in the first place.