Review of Wetherby (1985) by Scott A — 15 Jun 2013
Wow, was this boring...and confusing.
It starts with a group of people, five of which being some true Hollywood legends, only younger, eating dinner and then the next morning the unfamous one, admits that he was neither a guest nor invited the night before and blows his head off. Nice gore effect bt the way.
The rest of the film is sometimes the direct events leading up to the dinner, sometimes the events after dealing with the Police trying to find out why he killed himself, while there is also a good deal of flashbacks to when our hostess was a younger woman.
I still have zero idea why he killed himself, or why showing her younger self basically being a slut had anything to do with it.
Maybe it was explained, and I was too busy watching some paint dry?
I did find it interesting that our lead is played by Vanessa Redgrave and her younger self is Joely Richardson; who would later end up being mother/daughter on Nip/Tuck, but that has nothing to do with this movie.
Seeing younger versions of Redgrave, Holm, Dench and Wilkinson was nice, and dang Joley was crazy gorgeous as well(still is), but I just couldn't get into the story.
Maybe someone can someday respond and explain what exactly happened?
This review of Wetherby (1985) was written by Scott A on 15 Jun 2013.
Wetherby has generally received mixed reviews.
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