'JIMINY' WEARS OUT WELCOME.Byline: Bob Strauss Film Critic MARTIN SHORT impersonates David Lynch in ``Jiminy Glick in Lalawood.'' Unfortunately, he also plays the title character, an obnoxious, generally clueless clue·less adj. Lacking understanding or knowledge. clueless Adjective Slang helpless or stupid Adj. 1. celebrity interviewer whose most consistent source of humor is the fat suit Short's encased en·case tr.v. en·cased, en·cas·ing, en·cas·es To enclose in or as if in a case. en·case  ment n. in. Too bad. The Lynch stuff is really wacky and dead-on. The Glick business, which there is much more of, is rarely either. Relying on all-improvised dialogue, there's a desperation to most of the film's humor. Playing the same ill-prepared, sleaze-obsessed bozo he does on the somewhat more successful (because it's shorter) Comedy Central series ``Primetime Glick,'' Short spends way too much time on the big screen dithering Simulating more colors and shades in a palette. In a monochrome system that displays or prints only black and white, shades of grays can be simulated by creating varying patterns of black dots. This is how halftones are created in a monochrome printer. around with Jan Hooks Jan Hooks (born April 23, 1957) is an American actress and comedian best known for her work on NBC's Saturday Night Live, on which she appeared from 1986 to 1991. She was born in Decatur, Georgia, near Atlanta. , who plays Glick's crude, drawling drawl v. drawled, drawl·ing, drawls v.intr. To speak with lengthened or drawn-out vowels. v.tr. wife, Dixie. Whether sharing too much information about their sex lives and body functions or trying to solve what may be a murder, the pair repeatedly resorts to shouting and hand-waving when they can't think of anything funny to say. Directed by Vadim Jean and set at the Toronto Film Festival (where it was actually shot in 2003), the film's off-the-cuff invention works best when Glick is interviewing actors playing themselves. Steve Martin Noun 1. Steve Martin - United States actor and comedian (born in 1945) Martin is particularly deft during an unholy discussion of hairy arms and the career-reviving tricks of full-frontal nudity. The actors who must play stereotypical fictional characters This is a list of fictional characters. It has been expanded into the following lists:
Lots of your favorite stars - and their publicists! - appear on the red-carpet footage; half seem to be in on the joke, while others, rather astutely, don't acknowledge that there's really one going on. Overall, ``Glick in Lalawood'' reinforces the oft-made argument that sketches that work in quick doses on the small screen can get repellent fast in feature-length format. A Short-starring David Lynch parody movie, though ... that could work. Bob Strauss, (818) 713-3670 bob.strauss(at)dailynews.com JIMINY GLICK IN LALAWOOD - Two stars (R: language, sex, violence) Starring: Martin Short, Jan Hooks, John Michael Higgins
John Michael Higgins (born February 12, 1963[1] , Elizabeth Perkins, Linda Cardellini, Janeane Garofalo. Director: Vadim Jean. Running time: 1 hr. 30 min. Playing: Town Center 5, Encino; Century 14, Century City; Criterion 6, Santa Monica. In a nutshell: Martin Short's clueless entertainment reporter invades the Toronto Film Festival. Some real stars play along, amusingly, but most of it's too desperate to be funny. CAPTION(S): photo Photo: Martin Short and Jan Hooks play the clueless entertainment reporter and his wife in ``Jiminy Glick in Lalawood.'' |
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