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The Bedroom Window (1987)

Rate: 5
Viewed: 7/11

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7/11: Here's another stinker from Curtis Hanson: The Bedroom Window.

That man is incapable of directing an intelligent picture. Steve Guttenberg tries to do drama? Ha! What a laugh. No disrespect to Steve, but it's very, very difficult to take him seriously as a drama actor without bursting into fits of laughter. But I like him better in comedies.

For a while, The Bedroom Window was working out well, but it fell apart when Sylvia acknowledged Henderson during the ballet show as if he's a harmless albino dude before she's about to be killed. That's when I went, "What the f...?" Afterwards, the movie collapsed under its own weight. The last fifteen minutes is as absurd as it gets. Do you now see what I'm trying to say about Curtis Hanson not being able to direct an intelligent picture?

Obviously, it's impossible for Terry Lambert to escape after what happened with Sylvia's murder because all the witnesses will be pointing fingers at him. So, he's screwed, no matter what. Oddly enough, the cops don't pursue him hard enough, letting him go free to do whatever he wants.

Meanwhile, I don't think there's any evidence linking Terry to other murders as far as forensics goes. So what if he was spotted at the bar? It doesn't make a difference. Yeah...the contact lenses, brilliant. Maybe he got drunk and slept with them on? It does happen, you know. Or perhaps he had a pair of glasses, too? It would've been a good moment in court when Steve attempted to convert the drama picture into pure comedy gold by turning the tables around with this argument.

All in all, The Bedroom Window is silly.