
An out-of-work actor uses his skills to con everyone he knows into lending or giving him money to pay off his debts.... (Full plot summary below)
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An out-of-work actor uses his skills to con everyone he knows into lending or giving him money to pay off his debts.
Leave your thoughts about $pent.
| Film.comErnest HardyHas a warm and intimate feel that helps push it a little deeper than its cable movie-of-the-week blueprint. |
| VarietyDavid SpragueCovers familiar territory unevenly, but Gil Cates Jr. directs his freshman feature with a mostly assured hand. |
| TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonaghThe main characters are defined by their problems, and the secondary characters (notably Brigette's parents) are so crudely drawn it's hard to imagine what Cates was thinking. |
| Village VoiceMark HolcombSo committed to its by-the-numbers banality you wonder why it isn't part of the fall TV lineup. |
| The New York TimesA.O. ScottBy the end the most vivid figure on the screen is the lovable doggie who goes wherever dangling fingers are waiting to give the happy pooch a scratch. |
| L.A. WeeklyPaul MalcolmLamely engineered and thoroughly exploited tragedy. |
| New York PostJonathan ForemanThe film is only 91 minutes long, but it seemed to stretch out for days. |