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Roxanne

5.7

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Original title

Roxanne

Year

1987

Running time

107 min.

Country

United States

Director

Fred Schepisi

Screenwriter

Steve Martin. Novel: Edmond Rostand

Cast

Music

Bruce Smeaton

Cinematography

Ian Baker

Producer

Columbia Pictures

Genre

Comedy. Romance | Romantic Comedy. Firefighters

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Edmond Rostand Adaptations

Synopsis

Roxanne (Darryl Hannah) a beautiful astronomer in search of a comet, and Chris a hunky but inarticulate fire expert who has been hired to train C.D.'s team of well-meaning firemen. C.D. immediately falls in love with Roxanne but he is sure that she won't notice anything about him except his extremely prominent facial feature and is quick to hide his passionate desires. However, Roxanne has captured the fancy of another, Chris. When C.D. learns of Chris's crush, he uses his gift for poetry to help the inexperienced courtier capture her affections. Wooed by the beauty of the words, Roxanne falls for Chris, not realizing that C.D. was the one really doing the talking. Of course, when put to the test, Chris does not live up to Roxanne's expectations and she quickly learns the identity of her real poetic suitor. Steve Martin is at his agile and uproarious best in this superior version of a classic story that revels in the oddity of life and the power of true love.

Awards: 1987: Golden Globes: Nominated for Best Actor in a Comedy/Musical (Steve Martin)

1987: Los Angeles Film Critics Association: Best Actor (Steve Martin)

1987: Writers Guild of America (WGA): Best Adapted Screenplay

1987: National Society of Film Critics (NSFC): Best Actor.

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Critics' reviews

"Roxanne is far and away [Martin's] richest film to date, lyrical, sweet-natured, touching, and very, very funny."

Time Out
"So fulsome is its tenderness and naivete' that it requires a leap of imagination from the viewer to get on its wavelength. Few recent movies, though, reward the stretch as this one does"

Hal Hinson: The Washington Post
"What makes Roxanne so wonderful is not this fairly straightforward comedy, however, but the way the movie creates a certain ineffable spirit (...) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 4)"

Roger Ebert: Chicago Sun-Times
"As a reworking of Edmond Rostand's play Cyrano de Bergerac, the only reason to see the film is for a few bits of inspired nonsense by Steve Martin as the nosey lover."

Variety Staff: Variety
"Light and likable, with hearts unabashedly all over its sleeves, Roxanne is a winning romantic comedy"

The Hollywood Reporter
"Martin, certainly, has never been better, and Hannah, though limited as a performer, has a glow beyond her considerable physical charms"

Dave Kehr: Chicago Tribune

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Roxanne

1987

Fred Schepisi

5.7

(8,765)