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Just the Ticket (1998)

Rate: 3
Viewed: 5/24

5/24: Just the Ticket is a bad movie that tries too hard despite Andy Garcia's best efforts to save it.

No wonder why everybody stayed away from this stinker in 1998 which grossed about $400,000 against a budget of $12 million. The most obvious problem is the nonexistent chemistry between Andy Garcia and Andie MacDowell, and that's 100% her fault. Had she been replaced by somebody else who's more on his level like Ellen Barkin, the film would've probably worked out. However, the running length needs to be cut down by, say, thirty minutes.

The first half doesn't work, but the show gets better during the second half when Andy Garcia came alive on his own and thus succeeded in bringing me back which is the only positive thing I can say for the film. By the way, I noticed that he and Richard Bradford had appeared together in a lot of movies, and it turns out to be nine in total.

All in all, die-hard fans of Andy Garcia may like Just the Ticket, but it operates on fumes for two long hours.

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