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Just
the Ticket is one of those 'sleeper' romantic comedies
that never get the recognition they deserve, from day one out of
the box, when they hardly get promoted by the movie company, and
thus fail at the box office. These movies sometimes achieve a
following in DVD rentals and reruns on TV, and sometimes, like Just
the Ticket and Love and Sex, they slide through
even that and arrive at movie death -- not available for renting
by Blockbuster or purchase at Best Buy. They fall off the face of
the earth. Very
similar in tenor to Who's Got Mail and Green
Card, which have become American romantic-comedy classics,
Just the Ticket features the adorable Andie MacDowell (as
do so many of the fun romantic comedies of the last 15 years -- Green
Card, Multiplicity, Four Weddings and a Funeral,
Groundhog Day), and Andy Garcia. |
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Garcia
plays a ticket scalper who lives on the street; he's been on the street
since he was a kid; never had a job and doesn't even have a social
security card. There's no record of
his existence; but he's the top ticket scalper in town. A new scalper
comes to town and usurps his power and puts a hit on his intake.
MacDowell plays an aspiring chef, lots of ambition but lots of failures
and disappointments. They fall in love. She finally rejects him because
he refuses to commit to her and a real life and job. All she wants him
to do is get a social security card. His plan is to make one final
score, for Pope tickets at Madison Square Garden, and then leave the
racket. Instead MacDowell leaves him, and town, off to chef school and a
career opportunity. And
at that point.. I fell asleep. Two o'clock in the morning at some hotel
I was at in some city. I need to buy this movie to see the ending. Not
as good as Green Card or Who's Got Mail, it is still an enjoyable cute
romantic comedy. And its got Andie MacDowell and Andy Garcia. How could
you go wrong? --
LouV
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