Straight Talk Movie Review 1992

Shirlee (Parton), a down-home gal from Arkansas, heads for Chicago to start life anew. She finds a job as a receptionist at WNDY radio, but is mistaken for the new radio psychologist. Her homespun advice ("Get off the cross. Somebody needs the wood.") becomes hugely popular and soon "Dr." Shirlee is the toast of the town. Parton's advice is the funniest part of this flimsy movie, but she is helped immensely by Dunne and Orbach. Woods, however, is not in his element in a romantic comedy, and holds the movie down.

Distribution

Hollywood Pictures Home Video, Fairmont Bldg. 526, 500 S. Buena Vista St., Burbank, CA 91505-9842, Phone: (818)562-3560

Available on VHS
Running time 91 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Romantic Comedy, Radio, Front Page, Rags to Riches, Mistaken Identity, Role Reversal, Chicago

Screenplay

Craig Bolotin, Patricia Resnick

Cast

Dolly Parton, James Woods, Griffin Dunne, Michael Madsen, Deirdre O'Connell, John Sayles, Teri Hatcher, Spalding Gray, Jerry Orbach, Philip Bosco, Charles Fleischer, Jay Thomas

Director

Barnet Kellman

Music

Brad Fiedel

Producer

Touchwood Pacific Partners I, Robert Chartoff, Fred Berner