'MOVING MCALLISTER' IS DECIDEDLY UNMOVING.Byline: BOB STRAUSS >FILM CRITIC All but devoid of acting, ideas or laughs, "Moving McAllister" barely even qualifies as a movie. There's so little to it that it's kind of a miracle anything actually stuck onto the film emulsion. Yet unfold along it does for 93 unimaginative minutes. Ben Gourley, who also wrote the script, plays a Miami law firm intern named Rick. His utter lack of personality and backbone convinces high-powered senior partner McAllister (Rutger Hauer) that Rick's the perfect, unthreatening schlub schlub also shlub n. Slang A person regarded as clumsy, stupid, or unattractive. [Yiddish, from Polish to drive his beloved but "wild" niece, Michelle ("That '70s Show's" Mila Kunis Milena Markovna "Mila" Kunis (Ukrainian: Милена Маркoвна Кунис; born August 14 1983) is an American actress. ) from Savannah Savannah, city, United States Savannah, city (1990 pop. 137,560), seat of Chatham co., SE Ga., a port of entry on the Savannah River near its mouth; inc. 1789. to L.A. Rick's bar exam is in four days, but of course he can't say no. Apart from occasionally filling Rick up with mood-altering pharmaceuticals, Michelle's wildness is mainly confined to owning a flatulent flatulent characterized by flatulence; distended with gas. pet pig and wanting to take side trips to the beach. Further mad craziness is provided by a spacy spac·y or spac·ey adj. spac·i·er, spac·i·est Slang 1. Stupefied or disoriented from or as if from drug use. 2. Eccentric; offbeat. Adj. 1. hitchhiker played by -- stroke of casting genius -- Jon Heder. The rattletrap rat·tle·trap n. A rickety, worn-out vehicle. rattletrap Noun Informal a broken-down old vehicle truck McAllister rented for them breaks down, runs out of gas, gets stolen, etc. Oh, and Rick has a fat, sex-obsessed slacker buddy (Hubbel Palmer). When was the last time you saw one of those? Since last month, I mean. Anyway, if I'm ruining a major plot point by noting that complete polar opposites Rick and Michelle end up mutually attracted ... well, I just can't help you. Some of director Andrew Black (the Mormon "Pride and Prejudice" update) and Gourley's more ambitious gambits include vomiting in a hot tub, dreams involving astronaut and gorilla suits, and a bit that they readily admit was inspired by "Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome" (but, quizzically quiz·zi·cal adj. 1. Suggesting puzzlement; questioning. 2. Teasing; mocking: "His face wore a somewhat quizzical almost impertinent air" Lawrence Durrell. , not as good). Beyond tedium, somebody thinks they're invisible, a back pimple pimple, small pointed elevation of the skin that may or may not contain pus. The formation of pimples is frequently associated with infection, irritation, or overactivity of the sebaceous and sweat glands. Repeated eruptions of pimples are often termed acne. gag leads to gay panic, there's a climactic run through an airport, and many other cliches that were first recorded around 300 B.C. pad out the rest of "Moving McAllister's" running time. Bob Strauss (818) 713-3670 bob.strauss@dailynews.com MOVING McALLISTER (no stars) >PG-13: drug use, mild violence. >Starring: Ben Gourley, Mila Kunis, Jon Heder, Rutger Hauer. >Director: Andrew Black. >Running time: 1 hr. 33 min. >Playing: Area wide. >In a nutshell: Not moving, not funny. |
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