姐夫的欲望

　　一直以来，乔（汤姆·汉克斯 Tom Hanks 饰）都是一个在工作上勤勤恳恳的合格职员，不幸的是，好运并没有因为乔的恪尽职守而对他亲睐有加，恰恰相反，医生告诉乔，他患了不治之症，只剩下几个月的寿命了。　　心灰意冷的乔决定对一直以来暗恋的女同事表白，没想到却被拒绝，就在这时，一个神秘的富商出现在了乔的面前。富商告诉乔，如果乔愿意在特定之日跳进一座位于岛上的火山中，他就能够得到大笔金钱，时日无多的乔答应了这笔交易。在前往小岛的途中，乔认识了富商的女儿派翠西亚（梅格·瑞恩 Meg Ryan 饰），两人在波折中产生了真挚的感情，为了能够和乔在一起，派翠西亚甚至愿意同他一起跳入火山口里。

　　裘西（德鲁•巴里摩尔 饰）的职业是一名编辑，可是她最想做的是记者。相貌平平的她从未与别人亲吻过，因此她也期盼着属于自己的真爱出现。　　报社为了增加销量，决定让裘西假扮高中生到校园调查，做一个年轻人言行的报导。这次机会成就了裘西的梦。但进入校园后她受到了同学们的嘲弄，取笑她是丑小鸭。既然当上记者了，裘西就力求把任务做到最好，于是她一改平日的风格，通过打扮要与高中生们拉近距离。可是事情并没有顺利发展，也因为遭到排挤，让她做出来的报道也未能满足老板的要求。　　事情还是出现了转机，她的同学们终于接受了她。但令她矛盾的事又发生了，裘西与校内的老师森（迈克尔•瓦尔坦 饰）相爱了，老板却要她转为报道校内师生恋的情况……

　　Tin Men is one of my favorite movies of all time. The thing that always strikes me whenever I watch this movie is that while the characters of Richard Dreyfuss and Danny DeVito are seemingly feuding non-stop throughout the movie, in reality they are actually kindred spirits. It's like they see themselves in the other but don't really like what they see. Barbara Hershey is great as the haggard housewife who looks for something more fulfilling in her life. All the supporting cast is excellent. I love the diner dialog which is reminiscent of Barry Levinson's previous film "Diner." The background scenes of Baltimore landscape add to the realistic atmosphere of the movie. Overall, I think this movie is vastly underrated. I'd love to see a sequel with Dreyfuss and DeVito as partners in a VW dealership.