Meeting Daddy 2000 R, 91 min. Genre: Comedy / Romance
Director: Peter Gould Cast: Lloyd Bridges, Josh Charles, Alexandra Wentworth, Beau Bridges, Walter Olkewicz, Kristy Swanson, Edie McClurg, Cindy Bridges, Christopher T. Gray, Don Perry, Laura Cayouette
Aspiring Jewish writer Peter Silverblatt (Josh Charles) sets off from California to help his girlfriend Melanie Branson (Alexandra Wentworth) out of a tough situation. Melanie has been visiting her family home in Georgia, where family members (Lloyd Bridges plays the father) turn out to be more than a little eccentric. She had pleaded with Peter to find an excuse to get her back to L.A. earlier than planned. Peter's arrival on the scene sets off a new turn of events.
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Office Space 1999 R, 89 min. Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance
Director: Mike Judge Cast: Ron Livingston, Jennifer Aniston, David Herman, Ajay Naidu, Diedrich Bader, Stephen Root, Gary Cole, Richard Riehle, Alexandra Wentworth, John C. McGinley, Joe Bays, Paul Wilson, Todd Duffey, Greg Pitts, Kinna McInroe
In this satire on the corporate world, white-collar workers at Initech hate their jobs but put up with insufferable management mandates. Peter Gibbons (Ron Livingston) is near a breakdown when his girlfriend, Anne (Alexandra Wentworth), suggests a hypnotherapist for help. But under hypnosis, the hypnotist dies–leaving Peter in a perpetually relaxed state, which brings about major changes: he drops Anne, dates beautiful waitress Joanne (Jennifer Aniston), and determines to talk his coworkers into joining him in getting back at the greedy Initech boss.
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Trial and Error 1997 PG-13, 106 min. Genre: Comedy
Director: Jonathan Lynn Cast: Michael Richards, Jeff Daniels, Alexandra Wentworth, Rip Torn, Charlize Theron, Jessica Steen, Austin Pendleton, Jennifer Coolidge, Max Casella, Dale Dye
Lawyer Charles Tuttle (Jeff Daniels) is sent by his soon-to-be father-in-law's law firm to defend con man Benny Gibbs (Rip Torn) in a Nevada court case. Tuttle's friend, Richard Rietti (Michael Richards), is an actor who hosts a bachelor party at which Tuttle gets drunk and fails to appear for Gibb's court case, but Rietti uses his skills, appears in court, and pretends to be Tuttle. Now he must play out the charade or risk being arrested for impersonating a lawyer.
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| 1. Meeting Daddy (2000)
2. Office Space (1999)
3. Trial and Error (1997)
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