An unusual idea that shouldn't come off but nearly does. Two Texans, on the run after one has shot a man in self-defence, are cryogenically frozen, waking up unchanged 29 years later. The surprise - and pleasure - is that developments in the story are played for charm rather than farce or horror. The leader (Brian Wimmer) just wants his glamorous wife back, hardly thinking about her being over 50. His slow-witted brother-in-law (Peter Berg) is simply baffled by 1991. 'There's money in that wall, Willie,' he gasps, as they pass a bank. The real bouquet of the film, though, goes to Marcia Gay Harden, as the wife, who manages to look both 23 and 52 without apparent use of excessive makeup. Director Richter, despite the odd use of some comic names - the scientist who freezes them is called Doc Chilblains - treats this fragile fantasy with the gentility it deserves. Occasionally, the film strains to avoid falling off the fine line between conviction and foolishness. But Wimmer, Berg, Harden and Colleen Flynn (as Willie's daughter) are all good, and their sincerity sees it through.


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