Sunburn (1979)

Boring, long, and too preachy.

It's a mild crowd pleaser for people who are exhausted by blockbusters.

All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.

Let me be very fair here, this is not the best movie in my opinion. But, this movie is fun, it has purpose and is very enjoyable to watch.

If you ever watched the Hart to Hart TV series (late 1970's - early 1980's) this movie will feel very similar. Beautiful people, gorgeous locations and characters doing things that kind of leaves you saying, "What the heck?" Farrah is beautiful, innocently very sexy and I think she is her Charlie's Angels character Jill Munroe. Charles Grodin, Art Carney and Joan Collins do a good job. Joan gives it her all and makes the movie even more fun. The accidental drive-through bull fighting scene made me worry non-stop for the bull! All in all it is a silly, happy movie that is a bit illogical but..what the heck. It was fun to watch and made me feel happy.

I remember being very upset when Farrah left TV and started making movies. It was before VCRS and DVDS so once she was gone there was no way to see her every week. The movies that she made once she left didn't help with getting your Farrah fix. She still looked beautiful, but they didn't capture her personality the way her TV show was able to. This is a starring role for Farrah Fawcett (her second film after leaving Charlie's Angels) but it is Joan Collins who turns out to be the sexier of the two and who steals the film despite her small role. Charles Grodin is seriously miscast and makes the film hard to watch. Luckily the scenery is beautiful and so are the two women. This was the movie that made me realize how sexy Joan Collins really is. Watch her vamp it up in her Pre-Dynasty days.

It's been years since I've seen Sunburn from start to finish, but I still get a glimpse of parts of it from time to time. I taped it on TV in October 1985...then decided to tape the baseball playoffs (I'm a St. Louis Cardinals fan.) & wound up taking over about 40% of it.It's still fun to watch that part of it, though. It confirms my belief that America (or the world) has never had a more gorgeous sex symbol than the scrumptious Ms. Fawcett (or Mrs. Majors, as I think she still was in 1979)! My TV & VCR were both brand new in late 1985 & the quality of the tape was surprisingly good...and has remained so over the years. Just watching Farah (and wishing I were Grodin!) is a fun way to pass some time. The plot was OK & the rest of the cast decent enough...but I have to admit that FFM's sexappeal & charisma make it a special one for me...even if it DOES jump from Farrah lying on a bed to a ground ball suddenly being hit to a second baseman! lol

Charles Grodin plays a insurance investigator and Farrah Fawcett poses as his wife to solve murder. Art Carney is added for comedic relief to keep the movie rolling. Grodin is little serious as the usual roles that play in other movies. This is not Fawcett best role, but will show her acting ability in later movies as The Burning Bed and Extermities. Its not the best movie, but I like for the adventurous plot.