I was in college when this came out! I remember these outfits - Melanie Griffith wears Guess Jeans - the ones with the zippers at the bottom? Jeff Daniels wears skinny ties and tries to look like Simon Le Bon. And Ray Liotta? He was maniacal and dressed like a gangster in 1986 just as he does now (in the movies).
I have been reading about this movie lately, so I checked it out. I understand it is a cult classic, and I kind of get it, but the beginning is perplexing to me. Melanie Griffith is supposedly the hottest thing around, and that is what drives the film - the assumption that she is all that. (BTW - check out Melanie pre-surgery.) I think you have to be a guy to get it. I don't. And I also think that this movie appeals to guys because Jeff Daniels is just a regular guy. And he gets Melanie and quits his bank job and starts dressing like Simon Le Bon.
The second half of the movie changes dramatically. Ray Liotta enters the picture, and the movie is now a gangster / chase film. The second half is better than the first. It was not a bad trip down memory lane, but I'd rather watch Animal House or Jaws for cult classics.
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