I almost feel bad in joining the band wagon on non-supporters of "Rhinestone" as there's already a large crowd that considers this
one of the worst films ever made. Honestly it's not that bad and for a while it's a manageable little story inspired by those classic
stories where a bet is made to take an ordinary person and turn them into something really special. "Pygmalion",
"My Fair Lady" and "My Man Godfrey" had done that before - and film lovers will be angry that I'm including "Rhinestone" along those marvels.
The concept is the same but move to the craziness of the 1980's, make country star Dolly Parton bet that she can turn a rude taxi driver (Sylvester Stallone) into a country singer, and you get this almost insane picture. All the kinds of laughter can be found here: from ridicule, non-realistic situations, cheap lines and cheap sequences, and some small genuinely funny bits that sadly can't turn a fully incoherent mess into something worthy of a good review.
But it's not all that bad. It's one of those that can actually make you find worth liking it, it's almost good. Stallone and Parton have a somewhat fine chemistry (she's always a fun to watch, I must say); the dramatic song for the tough cowboy singer was incredibly hilarious (they should have sent that song to the Academy to compete in the category and I kid you not, despite the heavy competition); Richard Farnsworth as Dolly's dad was fun to watch as well, just as the guy who plays her drunk ex-boyfriend.
"Rhinestone" major problem was having a script so erratic that it's hard to imagine how on earth this could attract audiences. A country singer meets a taxi driver and they must unite forces to prevent her from having to sleep with her boss, guardian of her lousy contract and... that's the joke? To turn city mouse into an authentic country mouse who can walk and sing like a cowboy and become the new country star of Rhinestone - the club they play. And with a long series of formulaic situations, the story drags on and on. Blame it on Sly for "fixing" newcomer screenwriter Phil Alden Robinson's script (I'll never blame it on him as the legend tells that his original story was highly elevated).
It wasn't a total waste though it felt close to it, becoming dull and boring for a little while. And just to prove it wasn't all that bad, director Bob Clark has a true disaster: Baby Geniuses. Has anyone survived that wreck? I still have traumas. 5/10.
The concept is the same but move to the craziness of the 1980's, make country star Dolly Parton bet that she can turn a rude taxi driver (Sylvester Stallone) into a country singer, and you get this almost insane picture. All the kinds of laughter can be found here: from ridicule, non-realistic situations, cheap lines and cheap sequences, and some small genuinely funny bits that sadly can't turn a fully incoherent mess into something worthy of a good review.
But it's not all that bad. It's one of those that can actually make you find worth liking it, it's almost good. Stallone and Parton have a somewhat fine chemistry (she's always a fun to watch, I must say); the dramatic song for the tough cowboy singer was incredibly hilarious (they should have sent that song to the Academy to compete in the category and I kid you not, despite the heavy competition); Richard Farnsworth as Dolly's dad was fun to watch as well, just as the guy who plays her drunk ex-boyfriend.
"Rhinestone" major problem was having a script so erratic that it's hard to imagine how on earth this could attract audiences. A country singer meets a taxi driver and they must unite forces to prevent her from having to sleep with her boss, guardian of her lousy contract and... that's the joke? To turn city mouse into an authentic country mouse who can walk and sing like a cowboy and become the new country star of Rhinestone - the club they play. And with a long series of formulaic situations, the story drags on and on. Blame it on Sly for "fixing" newcomer screenwriter Phil Alden Robinson's script (I'll never blame it on him as the legend tells that his original story was highly elevated).
It wasn't a total waste though it felt close to it, becoming dull and boring for a little while. And just to prove it wasn't all that bad, director Bob Clark has a true disaster: Baby Geniuses. Has anyone survived that wreck? I still have traumas. 5/10.