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the HERALD Wednesday September 11 last Entertainment page IB Movie Review Pure Luck is simple lighthearted By JACKSON Herald Special Missing and feared kidnapped One Valerie Highsmlth Sheila KeDey daughter of a wealthy businessman young blonde and unlucky enough to be the woman in the world She can have bet luggage lost her plane crash her nigh heel break and still find time in the day to fall off a balcony Solution Recruit one Eugene Proctor Martin Short accoun tant and allround goof who Just happens to- be the unluckiest man world to find her logical theory follows that through pure luck the accident- prone Proctor will naturally trace Valeries footsteps and lead himself straight to her But although Eugene is an old hand at baa luck he is a novice at detective work and needs an ex pert investigator to help him Enter one Raymond Capenella Danny Glover man of logic and reason believer in hard work and and nonbeliever in good luck bad luck or any kind of luck however pure Ray mond is none too happy about be ing saddled with Eugene whose never ending misfortunes threaten to drag Raymond under as well Martin Short is funny as Proc tor a pain who looks slightly banging into doors one too many times he also looks like hes laughing at his own performance Ah well who can blame him And we can easily sympathize with Glover as thestraightman But If you expect a laugh a minute from this movie be disappointed Pure Luck is a simple lighthearted almost Disney film which totally relies on Short and Glover to come up with the laughs They make a good effort but are bogg ed down by a rather slow and weak script The story needs more characters and subplots to create diversions from Proctor and Raymond instead of expec ting them to carry a ninety- minute movie all by themselves Pure Luck actually feels like a Canadian movie being fairly lowbudget polite and understated and afraid of being too outlandish for fear of making a spectacle of itself Evidence of its having been made in Canada can fact be spotted in the hotel in Mexico where a print of Quebec and Newfoundland Is prominently displayed behind Glovers head Pure Luck ranks along with such movies as Summer Ren tal and Summer School which even if they dont really stink are just providers of light entertainment While it will not top any critics choice list although if Julia Roberts can get an Oscar nomination Martin Short would be a shoein for a lifetime Achievement Award Pure Luck will probably be a top rental at the video store The summer box office season is over and so is my term as your local movie reviewer as 1 am returning to school So long to all Herald readers and I hope everyone enjoys the rest of the years movies V SK SffcL i id- 1 A 0St- jHumS- WF Delightful clowns Delightful and musical clowns combined to delight and excite children during childrens day at Fall Fair Herald Photo PAY LESS INCOME TAX IF YOU HAVE A COMBINED FAMILY INCOME OF OR MORE PLAN TO ATTEND If you are a business owner executive doctor dentist retired teacher or just plain tired of paying too much personal income tax plan to attend this information meeting If you are in a position where you can no longer contribute to an plan to attend Or if you have a large RRSP account and would like to know how to pay less income tax on the cash out of this account plan to attend Only 5 out of every people have pnvate investment income before they retire By attending this information meeting you can find out how to become part of the MEETING HIGHLIGHTS 1 The effect of inflation and taxation on your savings dollars 2 The value of a repositioned dollar 3 How to have income tax dollars work as hard for you as you did for them The importance of planning 5 Money is governed today by the same la ws which controlled it when prosperous men thronged the streets of Babylon 6000 years ago Call for Reservations Monday Sept 12700 pm Schoolhouse Country Inn Belwood Ontario Limited attendance to 23 people GEORGETOWN CINEMAS 235 GUELPH STREET 8731999 THIS LINEUP ENDS ON I THURSDAY SEPT 12 NOW PLAYING IusC fun lor MARTIN SHORT DANNY GLOVER Only one Man can find her Unfortunately riwy sent two Evenings at pm NOW PLAYING CANDY Evenings at pm Eveninas at STARTING FRIDAY SEPT 13 MARTIN SHORT PURE CHILD PLAY LOOK WHOS STALKING course language VIOLENCE Evenings at 91 5 pm Only NOT SUITABLE FOB v FREDDYS DEAD EZHZEE THEY SAVED THE BT subject to Evenings pm Evenings pm Only I Evenings at pm Only ALL SEATS 425