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　　OneoftheworsefilmsI'deverseen!I'malsoonaquesttoseeeveryBritMurphyfilm:Sheisamemorableperformerandunderthehandsoftherightdirectorcanbringtolifethemostadorableanduniquecharacters(whocanforget'Daisy'or'ElizabethBerkins'!),buthereshefollowsroutinedialogue.Themoviedoesn'tattempttoachievebelievability-thewayhercharacterisdressediscontrarytoherpersonality,howcantheyaffordadecenthousewiththescrapstheyearn,howdoessomeonelikemomgetajobsoconveniently,etc..Furthermore,wearen'tsurprisedthattheydriveaclassiccar,wearenotsurprisedthatthedaughteristhebrightestkidinliteratureclass,wearenotsurprisedthathermotherbecomesafilthyuglystripperinsomedrunkensleaze-hole,andwesho-as-hellwuzn'tsurprisednorentertainedorevencaredthatthemomisdumberandmorechildishthantheteenaedaughter.Ofcourse-everyteenagegirlmoviemusthaveanarsenalofdumbhormonedrivenmaleteenswhocausetroubleandoneofthemhastobeacuteboythatsheabsolutelymustfallinlovewith.There'snothingnecessarilywrongwiththeplotbeingsounoriginalaslongasthemovieaddsfreshmaterialtokeepitentertaining(thisonedoesn't).Itlackedthemostbasiccompositionofeveryfilm-visualstyle.Themusicischeesy.Thingshappeninthestorysimplybecausethey'dalreadyhappenedinothermoviesofthesameformula.Thesubplotsconcerningtheteenageboysandsomehookerswerepointless.Idon'tknowwhy"FallingSky"wasmade.Maybeitlookedgoodonpaperbutthentheentireprojectsimplyfellapart;probablybecauseneitherBrianJ.Depalmanorthecasthadanyvisionorenthusiasmforit.