Illegally Yours (1988)

User Rating:

3.9/10   

Director:

Peter Bogdanovich

Writers:

Max Dickens (writer)
M.A. Stewart (writer)

Release Date:

13 May 1988 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy

Tagline:

Everything's admissible in courtship.

Plot:

Called up for jury duty, Richard Dice finds his first crush and only real, but unrequited love, on trial for murder...

Plot Keywords:

Murder | Jury Duty | Crush | Jury | Sleuth

Cast

Rob Lowe	...	Richard Dice
Colleen Camp	...	Molly Gilbert
Kenneth Mars	...	Hal B. Keeler
Kim Myers	...	Suzanne Keeler
Marshall Colt	...	Donald Cleary
Harry Carey Jr.	...	Wally Finnegan
George Morfogen	...	Judge Norman Meckel
Linda MacEwen	...	Ruth Harrison
Rick Jason	...	Freddie Boneflecker
Jessica James	...	Mrs. Evelyn Dice
Ira Heiden	...	Andrew Dice
Tony Longo	...	Konrat
Howard Hirdler	...	Harry Crumrine
Louise Stratten	...	Sharon Woolrich (as L.B. Straten)
David Reeves	...	Arnie (Blackmailer)

Runtime:

102 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Certification:

West Germany:12 | USA:PG

Filming Locations:

Castillo de San Marcos National Monument - One S. Castillo Drive, St. Augustine, Florida, USA

Company:

Crescent Moon

Quotes:

Richard Dice: Will somebody just listen for a second! I can't do this!
Court Clerk: Why not?
Richard Dice: It's absolutely crucial that I devote every day to my career!
Court Clerk: Well, have you got a letter from your employer?
Richard Dice: I could get a note from my mother.

Soundtrack:

When Love Breaks

Better have 100 minutes to kill, 'cuz this one's definitely a bomb!

Lowe returns to the nest after, yet another, failed relationship, to find he's been assigned to jury duty. It's in the plans to, somehow, get out of it, when he realizes the defendant is the girl he's had a serious crush on since the first grade.

Through living in the past by telling other people about his feelings towards this girl (played by Camp), Lowe remembers those feelings and does everything in his power to clear Camp of attempted murder, while staying away from the real bad guys at the same time, and succeeding in creating a successful film at the same time.

I've heard that St Augustine is the oldest city in the US, and I also know it has some ties to Ponce de Leon, so the backdrop is a good place to start. Unfortunately, it's the only thing good about this movie. The local police are inept, the judge is an idiot, and the defense counsel does everything in her power to make herself look like Joanie Cunningham! I don't know whether to blame the director for poor direction, or for just letting the cast put in such a hapless effort.

In short, this movie was so boring, I could not even sleep through it! 1 out of 10 stars!