Talk Magazine - Lara Flynn Boyle (October 2001)

• Lara Flynn Boyle

When the marital problems of a couple (Walters, Mohr) are attempted to be solved by a marriage counselor (Boyle), a depression expert (Spader), and their attorneys (Murray, O'Hara), what eventually happens instead is a series of random pairings off...Studio: Vanguard Cinema Release Date: 02/24/2004This underrated comedy-drama by Andrew Fleming may one day be seen as a reflection of the muddled sexual politics of the 1990s. Three dissimilar college students played by Lara Flynn Boyle, Stephen Baldwin, and Josh Charles become unlikely best friends, forging a relationship so exclusive it actually troubles onlookers. From the inside, however, the trio are enjoying the safety of their own bond and exploring varying needs of love and sexual adventurousness. Erotic, bawdy, sensuous, mysterious, and nostalgic, the film can make a viewer envy the state of grace these characters have ! found with each other. All three actors have never been better. --Tom Keogh AT THE MRS. APPLEBY'S COOKIE COMPANY, SOME PEOPLE ARE DYING TOGET AHEAD. JUNIOR EXECUTIVE PETER DERNS JUST FOUND THE TEMP OFHIS DREAMS OR THE KILLER OF HIS NIGHTMARES.Enjoyably trashy fun. The Temp stars Timothy Hutton as an executive with a history of paranoia and jealousy. When his company is taken over by a large corporation, everyone scrambles and jockeys for position--but Hutton finds himself rising to the top with the assistance of his temporary secretary (Lara Flynn Boyle, wearing a series of escalating hairdos and short skirts). As rivals and foes start turning up dead, Hutton struggles to figure out if his madness is returning, or is his curvaceous secretary taking her job a little too seriously? The Temp isn't as gloriously over-the-top as one might wish, but it is a ridiculous yet completely watchable potboiler with lots of daffy dialogue and cheesy performances; the! cast includes Faye Dunaway, Oliver Platt, and Maura Tierney. ! --Bre t FetzerLara Flynn Boyle, Janet Reno's Last Crusade, Jimmy Fallon, The Scientologist Behind Hollywood's Missing Millions.