ABOUT THE ONLY intriguing aspect of theAustralian import Paperback Romance is why it didn't gostraight to video. Made three years ago, it seems a mystery whyit should be released now -- even as marginally as it is. It's atepid romantic comedy that occasionally strains for seriousness,the sort of movie which you have utterly forgotten by the timeyou reach the parking lot. (Several viewers at a recent showingdidn't wait long enough to forget it; they got up and left early,probably in search of some redeeming "better half" ofsome other movie down the multiplex hall.)
Anthony LaPaglia, an interesting actor,is fairly well wasted in his lead role as a jewel dealer whofalls for a bodice-ripper romance writer, played by Gia Carides.The audaciously banal plot involves the fact that Carides'character wears a leg brace and doesn't want that to ruin her onechance for happiness. A freak accident allows her to hide herreal affliction in a leg cast under the guise of a skiingaccident. (It says everything you need to know about the level ofendeavor here to realize that this was done better several yearsback
--Hadley Hury
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