This is for sure this is no ordinary film. Set in 1951, in the world of radio its combination of romance, lunacy and bitter-sweet humour centres on Pedro (Peter Falk), a brilliant, controversial soap-opera writer, who feeds on the intrigues of those about him, and creates ratings and havoc at the same time. His number one target for material is rookie newswriter Martin (Keanu Reeves) and his infatuation for his sort-of aunt, Julia, 15 years his senior (Barbara Hershey, at 43 36 with years to spare). The soap that results, on radio riddled with incest, hatred of rats and persecution of Albanians, is ludicrous enough to be fun, although it wears a bit thin towards the end when the whole enterprise threatens to turn sour. Falk frequently verges on being the whole show, but Reeves and Hershey are good enough to make you care about their romance and the distinguished 'soap' cast inludes Elizabeth McGovern, Peter Gallagher, Hope Lange and John Larroquette.


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