What happens when romantic couple decides to make a film inspired by differences in the ways they perceive their relationship? The answer might be found in He Said, She Said, 1991 romantic comedy directed by Ken Kwapis and Marisa Silver.
The plot is set in Baltimore and the protagonists are Dan Hanson (played by Kevin Bacon) and Lori Breyer (played by Elizabeth Perkins), two journalists who star in popular point-counterpoint talk show on local TV station. Dan and Lorie are very different in their opinions, politics and character traits – he is womanising conservative who doesn’t want to commit to relationships, while she is liberal who nevertheless believes in marriage. They are also a couple or, at least, were until Lori decided to hit Dan with coffee mug while live on air. Dan and Lori then begin to explain how did they come to this point, each of them telling slightly different story. It all begins three years earlier when they were working as reporters for Baltimore Sun and became rivals after seeking prestigious job of columnist. At the end, both of them won the column and established pattern that would be later be applied on television.
Ken Kwapis and Marisa Silver were couple before, became engaged during and ultimately got married after the production. Their idea for the film originated when they realised that they had different views of the way how their relationship started. That led them to envision film that would tell the same story in two different ways from two different perspectives – male and female, with Kwapis directing former and Silver latter. The not so original “high concept” (used in Kurosawa’s classic Rashomon and, later, in first season of television series The Affair) was promising, but ultimately didn’t deliver much because of uninspired script by Brian Honfeld. There is some humour, but not in quantities for film to be sufficiently entertaining and relatively minor differences between two segments don’t justify nearly two hours of running time. What makes this film watchable is wonderful work by two leads – Kevin Bacon and Elizabeth Perkins who have good chemistry and play likeable characters. Supporting cast involves some of the names that would make great things in later years – Nathan Lane as television station manager, Anthony LaPaglia as sympathetic station employee and Sharon Stone as Dan’s immensely seductive ex girlfriend. All three do solid jobs, just like composer Miles Goodman with his likeable score accompanied by various jazz standards. Yet, poor pacing and weak script make He Said, She Said recommendable only to more patient viewers or those that have nothing better to watch.
RATING: 4/10 (+)
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