Video Capsule Review

COPACABANA (2002)

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Video Release Date: Aug 20, 2002; With: Barry Manilow and Annette O'Toole

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By Dalton Ross

Dalton Ross

Dalton Ross is an editor-at-large at EW and swears there are better pictures of him out there...somewhere.

Music and passion must have been in fashion when CBS aired this TV movie based on a Barry Manilow song. The story, written by James Lipton (yes, that James Lipton), goes, well, a little something like this: Her name was Lola, she was a showgirl...oh, you know the rest. Manilow overacts to a truly epic degree, enthusiastically yelling his way through every scene, while the back story is so ridiculous you'll find yourself rooting for Rico (Remember him? He wore a diamond) before it's all over.

Posted Sep 06, 2002

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