Well, well, well.. first time in ages that tv had a film I wanted to see, at a time I could see it! I'd actually seen Legal Eagles before, but couldn't remember a thing about it - it was made in the 80s. So that was all right then.
Directed and co-written by Ivan Reitman, it stars Robert Redford and Debra Winger as lawyers on the opposite side of the courtroom, Daryl Hannah as the hapless client that Debra is defending, and Terence Stamp as the (main) bad guy. Brian Dennehy is also involved with the case.
Oh, what a pleasure to see a civilised comedy - one with intelligent, well-dressed, professional people and quick, intelligent conversation. As opposed to, you know, pretty much every comedy that's come out in the last several years, that I can think of. I have nothing per se against toilet humour, but it does get old..
Anyway, this was back in the good old days when Robert Redford was less wrinkly. And sure enough, he has plenty of female attention in this - it's a no-brainer that he gets together with Debra Winger, and Daryl Hannah is busily playing her sexy ingenue routine, so what's a guy to do?! There's also a fair bit of action in this, and a backstory that gets a bit convoluted - but I probably just wasn't paying enough attention. Never mind, they're good at glossing over it, and you can focus happily on the action and the love story. Most enjoyable. And keep watching over the closing credits for more scenes of Redford and Winger together.
Tomorrow, back to Amazon Prime for Good Omens - I'm way too tired now!
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