Jinxed!

Starring:Val Avery, George Dickerson, Jack Elam, Benson Fong, Joan Freeman, Kathryn Kates, Archie Lang, Bette Midler, Jim Nolan, Kathleen O'Malley, Woodrow Parfrey, F. William Parker, Tom Pletts, Jacqueline Scott, Rip Torn, Ken Wahl, Ian Wolfe, Cletus Young
Director: Sam Peckinpah
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
Product Type: DVD

Average customer rating:

One of My All Time Favorites
A Chance to Enjoy The Divine Miss M
It was just OK but not worth owning.
It Has Its Moments
JInxed by who?

Jinxed!
Starring: Val Avery , George Dickerson , Jack Elam , Benson Fong , and Joan Freeman
Director: Peckinpah, Sam
Manufacturer: MGM (Video & DVD)
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

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ASIN: B00062IVJO
Release Date: 2004-12-07

Description

Hide your chips and hold onto your husbands! Bette Midler "is pure stardust" (The Village Voice) as a saucy and seductive lounge singer seeking better fortunes in this irresistible black comedy that deals in big laughs! Co-starring the "truly comic" (The New York Times) Rip Torn and the "darkly handsome and virile" (The Hollywood Reporter) Ken Wahl, Jinxed is "bubbling with wit and merriment" (The Village Voice)! After losing his latest card-dealing job in Tahoe, Willie Brodax (Wahl) moves to Reno to shake Harold (Torn), a gambler who's made a career of following him clear across Nevada. But their luck changes when Harold's wife (Midler) falls head-over-heels for WillieÂ...and deals him in on a madcap murder plot that'll have you doubling-down with laughter!

Customer Reviews:

One of My All Time Favorites.......2007-02-20

Harold,(Rip Torn) a professional gambler, and his girlfriend Bonita,(Bette Midler) a lounge singer, follow Willie,(Ken Wahl)a young blackjack dealer, around the Reno Tahoe area. Harold has a jinx on Willie and can't lose with him. Bonita and Willie meet and fall for each other and plot to do away with Harold and collect on his life insurance. Thats when the movie gets really good,
do not quite understand the negative comments of this movie.
fun for all
I moved to the Reno area a few months after its filming and finally watched the movie years later its one of my favorites

Harold leaves a scavenger hunt for Bonita to find so she would'nt be left flat after he dies
For years I have used the same scavenger hunt for my kids.
loads of fun!

A Chance to Enjoy The Divine Miss M.......2007-01-10

This comedy is a vehicle for The Divine Miss M, Bette Midler. It was made after her first Academy Award nomination as Best Actress for "The Rose" and before the first (Down and Out in Beverly Hills) of several films she would star for Disney. One can see her great talent as a comedic actress and the song she recorded for this movie is fun.

It was director Don Siegel's last production and it's making is a whole new story: he had a heart attach during production, was replaced by Sam Packinpah who would die prior to him...

It was just OK but not worth owning........2006-04-07

This movie was rated R for some foul language and a nude Rip Torn in case you were wondering. This is a dark romantic dramedy with few laughs. If you love Bette Midler than maybe you should rent it or buy for less than a buck but other than that she has few one liners and plays a con artist who hates her husband. Bette's charming personality doesn't shine in this movie like in Beaches or Stella instead it is annoying like her character in The Rose. Overall the plot is redundant and spins in circles. Mr. Wahl looks great physically and the women might like that aspect of this movie.

It Has Its Moments.......2006-03-22

I had to give this film three stars just because I have such a soft spot for it. Yes, it's bad. Yes, the plot is thin. Yes, the movie can't decide what it wants to be...black comedy, romantic comedy or drama with a murder twist. Yes, there was no chemistry between Wahl and Midler. Yes, there was tons of back stage fighting between Wahl, Midler and the director.

However, the film does have its good points. Hear me out. The second half of the film (after Rip Thorn commits suicide) is laugh out loud funny. The tumble weed scene still cracks me up. The look on Midler's face after the weed hit her is priceless. The scene with Miss Nina is always a gas. And the line Midler shouts at the insurance man is still one of my all time favorite Midler lines ever. "Talk to my a**! My head's had enough!"

The film had the potential to be a really good black comedy. I've always wondered just what happened with this film. Outside of the whole in fighting between the principles. Something just didn't translate from script to screen. This film had to look better on paper. I'd love to see some of the deleted scenes to see if there was someway to piece together the rather disjointed plot. Maybe in the future some one will dig those up.

Anyway, the film is worth one viewing just for the second half. Not recmended for the average viewer, but if you're a Bette fan like me, then this movie is a must see. If just to see if what everyone says about it is true.

JInxed by who?.......2005-12-15

Bette Midler's plays a lounge singer in Reno who plots to kill her abusive boyfriend with the help of a befriended card-dealer, leading to a fun scavenger hunt for the man's hidden loot. There are some big laughs in this comedy, mostly due to Midler's hamming and wicked throwaway lines that established her career. Ken Wahl is a tepid stud, but Rip Torn is a hoot as Midler's scummy roommate. Overall, I don't understand why the critics did not like this film and have always referred to the movie's outcome by its own title, Jinxed!

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