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Roxanne

1987

Fred Schepisi

Steve Martin, Daryl Hannah, Shelley Duvall, Rick Rossovich ...

5.7

8,765

Comedy. Romance 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. ... [+]

	Author	Review
United Kingdom	Time Out	"Roxanne is far and away [Martin's] richest film to date, lyrical, sweet-natured, touching, and very, very funny."	POS
United States	Hal Hinson The Washington Post	"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"	POS
United States	Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times	"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)"	POS
United States	Variety Staff Variety	"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."	NEU
United States	The Hollywood Reporter	"Light and likable, with hearts unabashedly all over its sleeves, Roxanne is a winning romantic comedy"	POS
United States	Dave Kehr Chicago Tribune	"Martin, certainly, has never been better, and Hannah, though limited as a performer, has a glow beyond her considerable physical charms"	POS

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