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The Temp (1993)

Rate: 5
Viewed: 11/12

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11/12: What's shaping up to be a weak '7' picture, The Temp does a nice job of losing a couple of points during the last fifteen minutes.

What was that all about? Did the filmmakers run out of money or fall behind schedule, forcing them to wrap it up so hastily? Whatever the case is, it sure killed the movie.

One minute, Peter and Kris are in the office. The next thing I know, they're on some California highway alongside the precipice when the car, all of a sudden, has no brakes. A couple of minutes later, they're transported to the middle of a steamy factory as if it's a revival of the epic fight between Sylvester Stallone and Brian Thompson in Cobra. Shortly afterwards, the temp is fired from her job just like that. What happened? It's like a couple of scenes went missing to account for the leap of logic.

Timothy Hutton does well, and I envy his hair. But my goodness, is his character so much of a pussy that he has to yell out after being nicked by a simple paper cut? Steven Weber, the funnyman from the TV show Wings, shows off his acting chops and proves he can make it work in movies. Really, he had one more scene left in his character after the alley episode. Oliver Platt is a reliable supporting actor, but his part is abrupt and is therefore almost meaningless.

We now come to Lara Flynn Boyle. She isn't a looker, and I've never considered her attractive. Thus, I had a hard time believing Lara Flynn Boyle in the film. There are many different hairdos she sported throughout. And today, due to the multiple botched plastic surgery jobs, Lara Flynn Boyle is hideous as heck.

What's surprising is that nothing sexual occurred between the temp and her boss. The murder thing, although it's obvious she did it, is implausible to believe from the get-go. There's no way she's capable of hanging Roger, and there's no way a temp will rise to the executive position of marketing because of one faddish idea which was actually ripped off from Working Girl. Companies worth its salt will perform background checks and ask for official college transcripts.

All in all, you should go with Disclosure over The Temp.