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ISN'T SHE GREAT (2000, Universal, 96 mins., R, also on DVD)

DROWNING MONA (2000, Columbia TriStar, 96 mins., PG-13, also on DVD)

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Release Date: Mar 03, 2000; Rated: PG-13; Genres: Comedy, Crime, Mystery; With: Neve Campbell, Danny DeVito and Bette Midler; Distributor: Destination Films

By Bruce Fretts

Anyone wondering why the once-divine Miss M is deigning to do a self-titled CBS sitcom this fall need only rent these big-screen botches. In Great, Midler careens between low camp and even-lower melodrama as Jacqueline Susann -- trash-novel author (Valley of the Dolls), long-suffering mom, narcissistic loudmouth. Perhaps a better title would've been Isn't She Grating. Bette chews on the title role of Mona, as a small-town harridan who's murdered by one of her many enemies. She could learn a lesson in subtlety from her leading men, Great's Nathan Lane and Mona's Danny DeVito, whose underplayed performances are these misfires' only bright spots. Isn't She Great: D Drowning Mona: D-

Posted Jul 28, 2000

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