Starman

Jeff Bridges, Karen Allen    w/d  John Carpenter

Sweet, charming story of an alien invasion of a different stripe. JB plays a visitor who takes on the form of KA's dead husband and shanghais her into taking him from Wisconsin to Arizona. So...a road movie of sorts.

Bridges was outstanding...creating a persona recognizable as human but off in subtle ways. The powers given him were designed to win over the audience (resurrecting the deer, 'fixing' Las Vegas slot machines) and they worked. Some good laughs, too much military stuff which came across as artificial conflict...but overall a wonderful, unusual romantic comedy.

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