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Whistle Stopper - Feds
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List Price: $19.98
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Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
Starring: Rebecca De Mornay, Mary Gross, Ken Marshall, Fred Dalton Thompson, Larry Cedar
Directed By: Daniel Goldberg
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Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9786301221931
Format: Closed-captioned
ISBN: 6301221931
Label: Warner Home Video
Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Warner Home Video
Release Date: 1998-09-01
Running Time: 83
Studio: Warner Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: 1988-10-28
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Summary: Girl Buddies Rule
Comment: There just aren't enough female "buddy" movies. This is one that deserves to be available on DVD. With current female role models like Girls Gone Wild, Pussycat Dolls and their ilk, it's a real pleasure to watch character actresses with class. Speaking of which, isn't it great to see Mary Gross on Boston Legal?
Another reviewer (typical male action fan) said the movie "picks up" when it goes into action mode in the second half. While it's fun to watch Mary Gross and Rebecca De Mornay as their FBI-trainee characters take on their peers in training exercises, it wouldn't have been of interest if not for earlier character development. The odd couple of De Mornay's ex-Marine and Gross' intellectual have to adjust to the FBI training environment, their dismissive male classmates, and to each other as roomates. Of course they find that they each need each other's skills to succeed. They also learn that their cooperation gives them an edge over their peers, who are too competitive to help each other. There are touches of drama along with the humor, and I'd put this alongside Private Benjamin in any good chick flick collection.
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Summary: sleep tight~ these women Carry GUNS~ FBI humor and comedy~
Comment: PLOT: 2 women are accepted in to the male dominated FBI~ opposites bookish Janice and ex marine Ellie become partners ..fun~
Now the FBI is accepting women~ former Marine Ellie (pretty Rebecca De Mornay) and bookish smart Janice (Mary Gross) apply and are accepted~ soon the 2 opposites are needing each other to survive~ Ellie shows Janice self defense and brainey Janice shows Ellie how to study and learn~ the fun is how the ladies survive the male dominated and chauvenistic treatment BY the guys~ as the class gets smaller and smaller due to cuts from bad grades and poor field perfomance the ladies still are there~ From tracking down clues the attesting BIG male criminals we have fun~ a lot of FBI puns and humor~ the Ending IS clever~ I give this one a solid 8 OUT OF 10 FOR SILLY FBI puns and gender humor~(male vs female)
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Summary: This deserves to be on a DVD.
Comment: VHS is so old and out of date.
Why isn't this movie on DVD yet?
It is a great movie every time I throw my home recorded VHS tape in the player. I want a DVD!!!
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Summary: You have the right to be entertained.......
Comment: This movie is a favorite of mine, I lost the only copy I had of this movie to my ex-wife when I moved out so I had to order a brand new one from Amazon, it did not disappoint, Rebecca DeMornay delivers a terrific role as a marine turned wanna-be FBI agent. Mary Gross as her bumbling partner and now presidential candidate Fred Thompson as their chief instructor. The laughs come, however, not at a brisk pace but this is definitely one of those movies you can watch more than once just for the entertainment value. I whole-heartedly reccomend this movie. The only reason it didn't get a 5th star was because it was NOT on DVD, which is a shame it hasn't been released that way as yet, perhaps someday.
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Summary: Rebecca is two Stars, and... that's it!
Comment: Feds was a bit of a disappointment considering the presence of one of the most attractive women of all time (no exaggeration here!!!).
A young female US Marine decides to try her luck with the FBI so she applies and gets accepted to the FBI Academy. In a very predictable manner reminiscent of Police Academy, but without the humor or the sex, she struggles to get past the hurdles laid before her.
In short, the acting is pretty bad, the setting is not noteworthy, the humor is just not there (at all), the music is poor at best, while the plot and the dialogues are average and way "below average" respectively.
It seems as though the actors/writers/directors/producers met up with each other at a hotel lounge over drinks, and then decided, on the spot, to make a quick and easy film to keep themselves busy while waiting for a good break.
In a nutshell, it's a mediocre movie and that's about it; no masterpiece here... 1.5 Stars
If it's a Rebecca DeMornay movie that you're looking for, try the AMAZING 1992 thriller The Hand that Rocks the Cradle. You won't be disappointed!
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two young women -- an ex-marine and a scholar -- manage to get intothe fbi training academy where their friendship grows and they manageto outwit their classmates and instructors to prove they have what ittakes to be agents.
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