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This bittersweet comedy looks at the denizens of Echo Park, a decaying section of Los Angeles popular with struggling actors and musicians, largely because of its (relatively) low rents. May Greer (Susan Dey) is a single mother and aspiring actress who makes ends meet by tending bar (the most lucrative job she's been offered in show biz is as a combination stripper and singing telegram girl). Her neighbor August (Michael Bowen) is a body-builder from Austria who dreams of becoming a movie star
Jan 1, 1986 Wide
Dec 26, 2001
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Presents vignettes of yearning individuals in Hollywood who dream of making it in show biz.
Offers sympathy for the outcasts and freaks living on the fringe of American society.
There's a lot of good humour here and you're left feeling as if you've been eavesdropping on some particularly fascinating (and very pleasant) next-door neighbours.
Susan Dey has rarely been more appealing. Tom Hulce is surprisingly good at romantic comedy. Not too bad, a little slow moving, but the characters interact well but it lacks pizzazz.
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