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April Flowers (Michelle Meyrink) has a peculiar problem: Whenever she
gets sexually aroused, she telepathically sets something on fire - and
she's 18 now, so she gets aroused quite a bit ... and her dates usually
end in flames. Then though she meets Andy (William O'Leary), who was her
best friend years ago, but then his family left town and he has returned
only recently. Andy is so fond of her that he sees her not only as a date
but something more serious - and thus he can overlook the occasional
spontaneous combustion. Thing is though that he doesn't actually believe
she can telepathically start fires ... Of course, Andy is absolutely
right, fact is, April has an overprotective mother (Barbara Harris) who
starts these fires via remote control, after having planted incendiary
compositions beforehands. Andy figures that out and confronts mom with
this, but mom finds one excuse after the other and covers her lies with
even bigger lies, and April, who has believed she has been able to start
fires telepathically for all her life, believes these lies as well ... so
Andy figures to convince April of the truth, he has to have sex with her
without mom interfering ... Now this is an American movie of course, so
in the end, Andy doesn't have sex with April, April finds out about mom's
lies the soft way, and an actual, dangerous pyromaniac (Wallace Shawn)
gets his just desserts ... A film that has a great concept ...
and then makes next to nothing of it. Somehow, this movie looks like
little more than a desperate attempt to water an over-the-top concept full
of outrageous possibilities to the point where it can become entertainment
for the whole family - and my only question is why? The film as it is is
boring, middle-of-the-road stuff, a weak script spoiled by a risk-shy
directorial effort, and not helped by a mediocre cast. A disappointment,
especially in light of the great title.
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