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Peter Segal recommended The Right Stuff (1983) in Movies (curated)

The Right Stuff (1983)

1983 | Action, Drama

7.8

(5 Ratings)

Movie Favorite

"Whenever I watch this movie, I want to go out with my son and fire off an Estes rocket in the back yard. I love this movie. I love what it stands for — exploring the unknown and our deepest fears. I love the era: the space race with the Russians. I love the heroism — Chuck Yeager had the biggest pair of balls of any man. Ever! The greatest lesson this movie teaches is the balance of tone. Obviously it has some incredible drama and action, but it also has straight up comedy. It’s really hard to juggle those three things in one movie. Harry Shearer and Jeff Goldblum are the perfectly understated comic relief guys. Fred Ward, who I got to work with in Naked Gun 33 1/3, is hilarious. This movie has it all."

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Vicki Coyne (45 KP) rated A Vintage Wedding in Books

Jul 13, 2019

Love this author's work, but this was disappointing (0 more)

Too rushed and not believable

I genuinely enjoyed all the other novels by Katie Fforde. I felt cheated by this one. Three people meeting, becoming best friends and setting up a business in such a short space of time was not believable. It feels like a deadline was coming up and something had to be sent to the publishers. Not recognisable as a Katie Fforde novel until more than halfway through the book. If you haven't read any of her stuff, please don't start with this one. She is so much better at developing characters and building plots than this one would suggest. I only rated it 5 because shoddy is the best description. A little more time on developing the characters and plot and this might have been good.