Product: Frankie and Johnny [VHS] (1991)
Rating: 5.0
Not Perfect
Frankie and Johnny is not your average romantic comedy. Al Pacino plays a short-order cook who attempts to win the heart of a woman (Michelle Pfeiffer) who desperately wants to remain distant after a troubled past. Unlike many romantic comedies of this nature, Frankie and Johnny strays away from the formulaic guy meets girl, guy wins girl, guy screws up, and guy wins girl again. Instead, Pacino's character spends the entire movie trying to knock down the walls that Pfeiffer's charcter has built around herself. When he finally does, the movie ends with a final scene that leaves us wondering about their future. This movie ranks ahead of all other trite romantic comedies because of a superb supporting cast and the fresh chemistry that Pacino and Pfeiffer bring to the screen.