January 1, 1997

A Smile Like Yours (1997) *

A young couple has to cope with visits to a fertility clinic and mutual suspicions of infidelity. This is a truly atrocious film - sappy, sickening, unpleasant and depressing. The husband is only wimpy; the wife is wimpy and bitchy. Only the "other woman" (gorgeous Jill Henessy) is a sympathetic character. Some details - like the shapes of certain gynecological instruments - are just plain disgusting, but the whole film has a cruel and mean-spirited streak running through it. Calling it a soap opera would be an insult to that venerable and distinguished genre.