![]() ![]() After the ceremony, they move into a handyman special in Georgetown (affordable because it recently had a fire), and the joke is that the renovations to the house will last longer than their marriage. Her reluctance is touching at first, then comic and finally annoying. On her wedding day, Rachel takes to the bedroom of her father's apartment and refuses to emerge for hours. The story: Rachel meets Mark and it's love at first sight, but it's not the kind of loin-churning passion we felt when Nicholson met Kathleen Turner in " Prizzi's Honor." It's more of a low-grade fever, something to be treated with aspirin - or marriage. ![]() ![]() There's not much in their marriage for him to betray. So when he starts fooling around, we don't feel the enormity of the offense. Their romance never really seems real, never seems important and permanent. ![]() The only way they can get into character is to play against the very things we like them for. Here is the story of two people with no chemistry, played by two actors with great chemistry. In the movie, the characters are played by Meryl Streep and Jack Nicholson, and just by seeing their names on the marquee you'd figure the movie would have to be electrifying. ![]()
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