SPOILER ALERT The something short refers to David Steinberg, who is visibly shorter than Susan Sarandon. He comes up short in the physical appearance dept., but insists on more screen time, in his undies and hairy shoulders, Richard Nixon five o'clock shadow, etc. than Susan. He also comes up short in the personality dept., coming across as petulant and rude, e.g. throwing food and drinks, picking fights, etc. Susan gamely feigns interest in David, but in reality this grim mischkeit would be invisible to her, unless he had a power job in entertainment or billions of dollars. In reality, he would be lucky to get the hideous second female lead, let alone Susan. The romantic comedy, often defined as a comedy without jokes, grinds through ancient cute moments, painfully contrived situations, etc. Of all the frogs Susan had to kiss, this had to be the worst. Could have been saved if Susan had peeled off more clothing, but even this notorious bleeding heart liberal had to draw the line somewhere. Avoid at all costs, unless you enjoy watching a beautiful woman pretending to be attracted to a whiny nerd. BC
Review of Something Short of Paradise
