Cartoon comes alive!!
Added 3/3/2010
Brenda Starr was a fictional character who appeared as the most fashionable of females, a news reporter, in a newspaper cartoon, from the mid-40's through to the current newspaper-to-comic book era. This movie was a real hoot!. It is an example of a journey into the fantastical world of the impossible cartoon, only surpassed by the current video adventures. If you fancy comedy, it is a funny movie. The sets are very well done, with the wardrobe the highlight of the foreground story. Brooke Shields is stunning,(of course), as well as athletic enought to romp and climb about as if she was truly capable of doing all the shenanigans depicted in the fictional drawings. This is a light-hearted, "G" rated, silly film. It truly must have been a trial to jump into the cartoon world, and portray an un-feeling line-drawing-character. It may not do justice to the skills of any of the actors, including Timothy Dalton, or Ms. Shields, but certainly it was an escape from Hollywood judgement.
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A Lovely & Charming Brooke Shields
Added 7/25/2005
Brooke Shields is lovely, in this amusing and novel (comic strip characters come to life), action caper adventure. Tho critics diss the film, I think its goofy chases and comments by the characters are amusing to watch. Just sit back and enjoy the visual colors, and pretty, radiant Brooke Shields, who knows how to charm! It's just old fashioned movie fun and colorful capers.
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Clearly described film. My interest in fashion made me want the film since it was revealed that clothes were by a noted designer.
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Absurd but delightful cmic fantasy
Added 6/3/2004
Brook Shields plays newspaper reporter Brenda Starr, the glamorous heroine of a strip cartoon drawn by a slightly wet but amiable artist, who somehow manages to draw himself into the strip and finds himself sharing her adventures as they try to find a missing professor who has developed a secret formula to replace petrol and who is also being pursued by various baddies (well, something like that anyway). The artist naturally has a crush on the glamorous Brenda, but romantic compications occur when gorgeous Brazilian aristocrat Basil St. John (Timothy Dalton in tight black trousers and an eyepatch,oh crikey, I'm drooling again)turns up, he's also after the formula, I think. Look, I've watched this film three times now and I still don't really understand the plot, but who cares. It's a lot of fun anyway, and with Brook Shields in tight skirts and Timothy Dalton in tight trousers it has something to please everyone. True, there is a rather long bit in the middle of the film where Dalton isn't around, but you can't have everything, and the rest of the time, he's there, and absolutely divine. Don't worry about the baffling plot and crazy characters, just enjoy it.
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Funny movie
Added 2/19/2004
Yes, I admit, I bought this movie because Timothy Dalton stars in it. And it does not disappoint. It is a movie with lots of humour and not to be taken too seriously. Just sit back and enyoy the humour. It has no pretensions of deep human emotions or of world philosophy and that is what makes it so enjoyable.
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Cartoon comes alive!!
Added 3/3/2010
Brenda Starr was a fictional character who appeared as the most fashionable of females, a news reporter, in a newspaper cartoon, from the mid-40's through to the current newspaper-to-comic book era. This movie was a real hoot!. It is an example of a journey into the fantastical world of the impossible cartoon, only surpassed by the current video adventures. If you fancy comedy, it is a funny movie. The sets are very well done, with the wardrobe the highlight of the foreground story. Brooke Shields is stunning,(of course), as well as athletic enought to romp and climb about as if she was truly capable of doing all the shenanigans depicted in the fictional drawings. This is a light-hearted, "G" rated, silly film. It truly must have been a trial to jump into the cartoon world, and portray an un-feeling line-drawing-character. It may not do justice to the skills of any of the actors, including Timothy Dalton, or Ms. Shields, but certainly it was an escape from Hollywood judgement.
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A Lovely & Charming Brooke Shields
Added 7/25/2005
Brooke Shields is lovely, in this amusing and novel (comic strip characters come to life), action caper adventure. Tho critics diss the film, I think its goofy chases and comments by the characters are amusing to watch. Just sit back and enjoy the visual colors, and pretty, radiant Brooke Shields, who knows how to charm! It's just old fashioned movie fun and colorful capers.
3 out of 3 people found this helpful.
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Clearly described film. My interest in fashion made me want the film since it was revealed that clothes were by a noted designer.
2 out of 2 people found this helpful.
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