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Mother's Boys (1993)

Rate: 7
Viewed: 4/20

4/20: It's Jamie Lee Curtis' chance to be the bad girl with spunk, and is she ever delicious as the fierce blonde-haired Jude in Mother's Boys.

This is pretty good stuff with lots of great noir photography. Because of it, the movie keeps getting better until the last fifteen minutes to reach for the absurd cliffhanger ending.

Although the story is centered around Luke Edwards' character Kes, he and his two brothers are stupid and get in the way at times. I don't view them as essential. Once the spotlight is on Jamie Lee Curtis, Peter Gallagher, and Joanne Whalley-Kilmer, it's when things started to cook.

Yeah, everything has to be on Jude's terms. Manipulative to the nth degree, she's fun to watch. What's nice about her is she has style that's not of the trashy kind. This led me to think she was probably born a rich daddy's little girl who must insist on having finer things in life. Her mother is played by Vanessa Redgrave who turns in a nice little performance.

All in all, Jamie Lee Curtis is simply fantastic in Mother's Boys.

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