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Ever since I saw "Choose Me" at the Cedar-Lee theatre in Cleveland, Ohio in 1985, I have reminded myself to hunt down other films directed by Alan Rudolph. I can't say much positive about "Trouble in Mind," though.
Two veterans of "Choose Me," Keith Carradine and Genevieve Bujold, are on hand, but so is Kris Kristofferson, the singer, songwriter, and actor whose singing, songwriting, and acting are usually done in a coma. Instead of the soulful tunes of Teddy Pendergrass (a real highlight of the earlier film), the soundtrack is wasted on the rough (and wasted) voice of Marianne Faithful, whose dreary vocals grate on the nerves. Director (and writer) Rudolph may have a story to tell, but it's so weak and undefined that it gets lost beside the bizarre characters and the even more bizarre hairstyles worn by Carradine.
Aside from Carradine's loony portrayal, the only purpose served by "Trouble in Mind" is to provide the cross-dressing Divine with a role in which he dresses in clothes more suitable to his gender. But then again, I tend to suspect that this is one of those movies that will look a lot better on its second or third viewing than it does on its first. I won't write this one off just yet.
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bwaynef 5 April 1999
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