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by Robert W. Broomall
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by Carol Wallace
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by John Wesley Howard
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Grief
Director: Richard Glatzer
Product Group: Video
Studio: Strand Home Video
ISBN: 6304819706
EAN: 9786304819708
UPC: 712267940233
VHS Tape
Running Time: 87 minutes
Original Release Date: 1994-01-01
Theatrical Release Date: 1994
Release Date: 2000-09-26
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
SKU: mon0000028438
Condition: Good
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Customer Reviews
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Suprise Gem
Rating  (4)
Date: 2000-08-30
5 out of 6 customers found this reveiw helpful
I was amazed to find only one review of this movie. I first saw "Grief" on TV a few years back and I have a real fondness for it. Although I've heard it labelled a "post-AIDS gay flick", it is really so much more. Due to a tight script and some great performances (namely Jackie Beat and Illeana Douglas) you can't help but get sucked into the sleazy world of tabloid TV where the extremely likeable characters work on an early "Judge Judy" protoype. As the main character deals with the recent death of his boyfriend and the stresses of working in no-budget TV we gain insight into life and love in the 1990s. I don't want to give too much away about this movie as I feel if you watch it without any prior knowledge (like I did) you'll experience something quite wonderful. I liken the attitude and general feel of "Grief" to that of "the Opposite of Sex" and think they are both smart and excellent.
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A fun and unexpectedly poignant look at life and work in TV
Rating (4)
Date: 1999-06-08
6 out of 7 customers found this reveiw helpful
"Grief" is Richard Glatzer's ode to working for several years on the "Divorce Court" TV show. In this humorous and cock-eyed vision of tabloid television, the show is called "The Love Judge". Most of the action take place in the production office, showing the inter-relations between the staff and the underlying tensions of lust, sex and death which surrounds them. Craig Chester, Lucy Gutteridge, Illeana Douglas, the incredible Jackie Beat, Carlton Wilborn and Alexis Arquette form the nucleus of the story line.Cleverly juxtaposing the action are clips from "The Love Judge" with character actor Mickey Cottrell sitting behind the gavel. These vignettes are not only camp classics in themselves (based on actual "Divorce Court" story lines) but they serve as counterpoint to the actions within the production office. I know this because I appear in the first "Love Judge" vignette. I play schizophrenic opera diva Beverly Frattelli, who is being sued for gross infidelity by her gorgeous husband (unfortunately, cut from the final print.) However, Beverly has a slutty alter-ego named Ginger (who inexplicably has an Italian accent!) who emerges in court to defend herself! Made on a shoestring budget, "Grief" is a low-impact look with sadness and wit at life, love, death and AIDS in the 1990's.
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