An anonymous love letter has the residents of a New England village wondering who holds a torch for them. Michael Wilmington, the Chicago Tribune's chief movie critic, has replaced Gene Siskel, who passed away Feb. 20. Formerly a film critic and reporter for the Los Angeles Times, Wilmington joined the Tribune in 1993. Not a muscle has moved.
Leaves hang unruffled by any breeze.
The air is still. The town, Loblolly By The Sea, is one of those little communities where everyone's a bit quirky and knows each other's business, and you're meant to be charmed by the lot of them. It's a wonder they don't all have Irish or Scottish accents. Tom Selleck plays George, the kindly fireman, and when the fire alarm rings, it turns out to be because a deer has loped into someone's living room. George holds a candle for Helen, and Johnny also is pretty hot for his boss.