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Rated: R; Genres: Comedy, Romance; With: Noah Baumbach, Chris Eigeman, Annabella Sciorra and Eric Stoltz
D+

MR. JEALOUSY Eric Stoltz, Annabella Sciorra, Chris Eigeman (1998, BMG Independents, R, $97.99) There's a terrific, delirious farce struggling to emerge from this likable romantic comedy, in which Lester Grimm (Stoltz), consumed by you-know-what, joins the therapy group of his girlfriend's ex-lover (a hilariously arrogant Eigeman), hoping to find out more about her past. Lest Lester give himself away, he poses as his best friend Vince (Carlos Jacott); then Vince joins the group posing as Lester. The comic possibilities are limitless; unfortunately, by the time writer-director Noah Baumbach (whose Kicking and Screaming was far superior) stumbles onto what ought to have been the plot's engine, his comparatively drab destination is already in view. C+


Posted Jan 08, 1999
 

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