An Ode To Kathleen Turner

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Last night at 4am I woke up and for some reason, started thinking about the film Romancing The Stone (I think I was thinking of DVDs I’d like to own someday). A lot of people think of Romancing as a silly little throwaway film, but I just adore it. It’s fun and spunky and it’s the kind of film that I can watch over and over again.

It’s interesting that I like it so much, given that it stars Michael Douglas (one third of Hollywood’s unholy trinity, along with Richard Gere and Alec Baldwin) and Danny Devito (whose annoying whine of a voice is only surpassed in gratingness by Joe Pesci). So I came to the conclusion that it must be Kathleen Turner to makes the movie (along with character actress Holland Taylor, who kicks some serious ass during the three minutes she’s onscreen).

Kathleen turned 50 last week, which isn’t really that old — that makes her the same age as Rene Russo, and a few years younger than Susan Sarandon. So why am I not seeing more of Kathleen at the box office? I think she’s a talented actress who can definitely pull off the sexy-mom roles, but instead I’m reduced to seeing her playing a man (Chandler’s drag queen father) on Friends.

Sigh…I miss you, Kathleen. Hollywood is a tough, tough place.

3 thoughts on “An Ode To Kathleen Turner”

  1. porkahontas's avatar porkahontas

    I completely agree! I’ve seen Romancing the Stone at least 20 times and I never tire of it. It has great pacing and manages to be really engaging without taking itself too seriously or becoming too heavy.

    While I don’t share your dislike of Michael Douglas and actually thought he was quite good in the film, I definitely think Kathleen Turner took the cake. I too would like to see more of her.

    I also found Dany Devito’s older brother hilarious… “You and your sister… CAN GO!”.

  2. sinnick's avatar sinnick

    I definitely don’t share your dislike of Michael Douglas. I’ve loved him in almost everything he’s been in. I think he’s a terrific actor, and really good at picking good roles.

    I like Kathleen Turner too. I think people probably lost a lot of respect for her when she appeared in V.I. Warshawski.

  3. fame_throwa's avatar fame_throwa

    Kathleen has been playing Mrs. Robinson in The Graduate on (or off maybe?) Broadway for a while. At least, she was for a good while.

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