[This is one of my golden oldies reviews - written years
ago when I was just getting started.
I stand by the conclusions, but in most cases many details
are missing that I would normally include today.]
I would like to share with others that THE FISHER KING is on my
top of my worst movies of the year list. Yes, I know the critics are
going gaga over it.
I would like to share with others that THE FISHER KING is on my
top of my worst movies of the year list. Yes, I know the critics are
going gaga over it.
I found the Jeff Bridges character to be a total loser. His
character taught me nothing other than it is pretty awful spending a
lot of time with an alcoholic dead beat even if he is only on a movie
screen.
I found Robin Williams's character somewhat better, but spending
hours a bum with a mental problem was not exactly terrific either.
Yes, I know I could use the politically correct term, "homeless", and
then I would have to view him reverentially.
After an hour I walked out. I only wish I had been smart enough
to do it sooner. I found that the images, especially that of Jeff
Bridges, stayed with me for a while, and I did not like it. He was
someone I wish I had never met.
Copyright © 1996 Steve Rhodes
