INDECENT PROPOSAL

Rip It Up, Issue 191, 1 June 1993, Page 34

INDECENT PROPOSAL

Director: Adrian Lyne Having discovered Yuppie Love, Woody Harrelson and Demi Moore live a happy life as architect and real estate agent respectively. Deciding to make for themselves some of the money they've made for their bosses, they

invest their life savings in buying a prime piece of land to build a designer dream home. Oh bugger, there's a recession, the market collapses, and the two are faced with losing everything to a mortgagee sale. Borrowing $5,000 off dad the two take off to Reno determined to win the $50,000 they need by Monday. They don't, but billionaire Robert Redford kindly offersto give them One Million Dollars. The catch is that he wants to 'borrow' Demi for the night. It's an interesting proposition and one that Woody and Demi reluctantly accept. Bad move, as Woody can't deal with it and the money don't matter no more. This drives Demi back into the arms of Bob, which is what he wanted all along. It's at this point that male and female audiences will divide as to who's fault this is. I blame Demi for not telling hubby Woody from the begining that Bob had tried to pick her up in the hotel shop. Perhaps then Woody wouldn't have been so happy to let Demi join Bob at the gambling table 'for luck', which leads to the indecent proposal. Still, ultimately it's not worth getting too upset about as this film fires on only four out of six cylinders. The main shortcoming is the failuretodisassociate Woody from hischaracterin Cheers. Sorry chum, but stick to films like White Men... SIMIN LAAN