Thursday, August 2, 2007

STRAIGHT JACKET ( American )

Just like Rock Hudson when he and Doris Day were at their shiny, squeaky-clean best, our hero; Guy Stone, is married off to the company secretary. The marriage of convenience is meant to forestall any gay rumours, but no-one has bothered to let poor secretary Sally in on the secret. Overcome by her new-found fame and fortune, she throws herself into the Hollywood highlife. Meanwhile, like Rock and Doris before them, they play a game of musical beds as he dodges the dreaded consumation. When Guy meets the man of his dreams (and mine !) he is faced with the ultimate dilemna: the man or the money? With computer graphics used to enhance the retro feel, and actors who look flawless enough to be air-brushed, this movie could be set in the fifties or the here and now. You may laugh yourself silly, but it just shows how little the celluloid closet door has opened in all that time!

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