Her Alibi

PG 5.8
1989 1 hr 34 min Comedy , Crime

A writer of BAD detective novels is in full writers' block. He pretends to be the alibi of a beautiful woman who was arrested for murder at first thinking her innocent, but as she shows more and more interesting abilities (such as knife throwing) he begins to doubt his first assessment.

  • Cast:
    Tom Selleck , Paulina Porizkova , William Daniels , James Farentino , Patrick Wayne , Tess Harper , Ronald Guttman

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Reviews

Hellen
1989/02/03

I like the storyline of this show,it attract me so much

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Dynamixor
1989/02/04

The performances transcend the film's tropes, grounding it in characters that feel more complete than this subgenre often produces.

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Derrick Gibbons
1989/02/05

An old-fashioned movie made with new-fashioned finesse.

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Ginger
1989/02/06

Very good movie overall, highly recommended. Most of the negative reviews don't have any merit and are all pollitically based. Give this movie a chance at least, and it might give you a different perspective.

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pkpera
1989/02/07

Released in same year when Ceausescu dictatorship finally broke. What may be coincidence or not. This is practically pure sit-com. Mostly based on writer's insecurity in her, and more in self. For me, most of it was very funny, but I'm aware that it's not for everyone's taste. Couple time was little forced, but overall really good fun for some 80 minutes.Especially refreshing in 2018, when viewer is bombed with all kind of overdone crap. Not that here nothing was overdone, but whole movie did not take self much serious. There was climactic end with lot of people and masks. Last scene was repetitive, they should make little more effort for some better ending. Acting was OK. Even from Paulina Porizkova - she managed to keep character mysterious, what was important for story. Verdict: 8 stars. Great fun, with minor flaws.

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chrisinthemorning
1989/02/08

A lot of us go through our quite ordinary lives daydreaming about being these larger than life characters, so I thought that this story about this sheltered and detached mystery writer, Phillip Blackwood, was quite good because of the funny and endearing way it relates to being a dreamer.I'm a big Tom Selleck fan, since his days as island hopping P.I. Thomas Magnum, and I think he was the perfect fit for the role of Phil Blackwood. Selleck is this tall, good-looking dude who looks the part of your typical hero or action star, but he is able to come across as this almost goofy, nice guy, and I think those are the qualities that make Thomas Magnum and Phillip Blackwood such great characters. The contradictions between the characters' physical appearances and their personalities make them very easy to like and root for.I liked the rest of the cast too. Paulina Porizkova was stunningly beautiful and I liked her in her role. The actors who played Blackwood's agent and brother were very funny in their roles.I recommend this movie. It is lighthearted, funny, and quite charming.

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goya-4
1989/02/09

Tom Selleck stars as a detective novelist with writers block in this cute little movie that introduces supermodel Paulina Porizkova to the acting world. She does a fine job as a Russian immigrant accused of murder (of course she didn't do it) and Selleck offers to be her alibi.On a scale of one to ten..6

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Rose-35
1989/02/10

Going into this film, I didn't think it was going to be all that funny. Was I wrong! This has a lot of laughs esp. the scenes with the bow and arrow and the dinner Nina cooks for Phil's family. If you feel like having a good laugh, then watch this. It won't be a waste of time.

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