Amy (Lucie Arnaz) is a lawyer who is involved with a street musician named Will. He is part American Indian and was once a student activist. Now, he only wants to entertain light crowds on the street. When Amy unexpectedly becomes pregnant, her doctor mentions the word abortion and Amy decides its the right option. That is, until Will accidentally learns what is about to take place. That's when he decides to sway Amy's decision by kidnapping her and holding her hostage at an abandoned house on an Indian reservation! Amy's ex-husband and banker may still be in love with her, too, complicating matters. Is it possible for Will to change Amy's mind, as he promptly declares that he "probably" loves her? And, will they send him to jail for 20 years for all of his crimes? This is just an odd, odd movie. Arnaz is really quite humane as the lawyer who chooses a street musician over a stuffy banker. The rest of the cast, including Ken Howard as the banker, are quite good. The film definitely has an eighties look, with Arnaz having a terrible haircut and costumes and everyone else not fairing much better. The most disturbing part is the topic of abortion. Here, it is a casual thing, for the most part, and a definite option when things do not go as planned. For those who have strong feelings against abortion, this is not the film for you. The trouble is, it is not really the film for anyone except the very, very curious or the very romantic. If you fall into one of these categories, you can certainly try to track down this movie. Just be prepared for one of the oddest views of your movie perusals.
3 Reviews
Perfect deja vu flick
budikavlan28 August 2002
This is the epitome of what I call "Deja vu flicks," movies which you've seen before but barely remember; when you see them again, they seem vaguely familiar but you can't quite place the memory. A rather silly story about a ne'er do well free spirit in love with a straitlaced lawyer, this had one memorable element: in order to exact revenge on her ex, a banker, the main character takes out a safe-deposit box in the bank where he works and puts a dead fish in it. As the fish ages, the smell in the bank becomes intolerable. Pretty clever, I'd say. The movie as a whole is the kind of thing you might watch if you were in prison but it's not worth crossing the street to see.
"Second Thoughts" - Let's Take a Few Seconds and Review
happipuppi1316 May 2022
Warning: Spoilers
"Second Thoughts" is a film I decided to see, based on it's TV trailer in 1983. I'd say it was interesting at best because really, it's not something that is 'super entertaining' but fairly interesting to watch as it does have a plausible story , if not an unusual one.
Remember, if you see it, this was filmed in 1982 and the ideals of the 1970s were still prevalent at that time. Lucie however, was recovering from the near failure of "The Jazz Singer" , which she co starred with singer Neil Diamond in 1980. (Both of these are not 'bad' films, they just did not do as well as hoped.)
Lawyer Amy (Lucie Arnaz) finds herself courted by two very different men. One who is her client, a roguish street musician & former 1960s activist named Will (played by Craig Wasson and who wears an Uncle Sam suit in his show) .
Also her ' ex ' , John Michael, an executive in banking. These three become a curious um..."love" ? Triangle after Amy gets pregnant by Will and both men vie for her affections. Her ex , may also just 'not' want Will to have her at all.
Will especially wants to stop her from getting an abortion. Now, at the time of this film's release, the Roe vs. Wade decision, was only 10 years in effect, having been passed in 1973, so the abortion discussion is not treated here like a "hot button' issue, because it had been a decade in effect and hearing it a movie wasn't as big a deal.
Although, it may have helped the film if it had been more hotly contested, because the two men want to save the baby, which is admirable but they also interfere with her right to decide what's right for her and what she can do with her own body. The question also, is , do either really love Amy? Or even love her enough to be a Dad to the baby?
Will, goes a little to far by abducting her from a doctor's office, where she was about to have the procedure done. Will is not much for law, as he is occasionally arrested for doing his street performances without a license.
He ends up keeping her in a secluded part of town and is determined she stay until the baby is born and then he can be it's father, despite her having dumped him earlier in the film.
Yes, that is the most crazy part of the film but (and it's been sometime since I've seen this) I believe Will and her ex end up in jail together over the whole matter and end up getting violent with each other.
The title "Second Thoughts" can mean, will Amy change her mind about keeping the baby or about either of these men?
Since I'm not revealing the ending (which I do remember) I'll let you find the movie and find out.
Going with a rating of 7, as while a pretty good movie, there are some things here that are a bit too outlandish and some scenes that really did nothing to help the story be more engrossing.
Some funny scenes but not really a comedy, more of a character study of 3 people in need of serious life direction.
Worth a look or two though. (END)
Remember, if you see it, this was filmed in 1982 and the ideals of the 1970s were still prevalent at that time. Lucie however, was recovering from the near failure of "The Jazz Singer" , which she co starred with singer Neil Diamond in 1980. (Both of these are not 'bad' films, they just did not do as well as hoped.)
Lawyer Amy (Lucie Arnaz) finds herself courted by two very different men. One who is her client, a roguish street musician & former 1960s activist named Will (played by Craig Wasson and who wears an Uncle Sam suit in his show) .
Also her ' ex ' , John Michael, an executive in banking. These three become a curious um..."love" ? Triangle after Amy gets pregnant by Will and both men vie for her affections. Her ex , may also just 'not' want Will to have her at all.
Will especially wants to stop her from getting an abortion. Now, at the time of this film's release, the Roe vs. Wade decision, was only 10 years in effect, having been passed in 1973, so the abortion discussion is not treated here like a "hot button' issue, because it had been a decade in effect and hearing it a movie wasn't as big a deal.
Although, it may have helped the film if it had been more hotly contested, because the two men want to save the baby, which is admirable but they also interfere with her right to decide what's right for her and what she can do with her own body. The question also, is , do either really love Amy? Or even love her enough to be a Dad to the baby?
Will, goes a little to far by abducting her from a doctor's office, where she was about to have the procedure done. Will is not much for law, as he is occasionally arrested for doing his street performances without a license.
He ends up keeping her in a secluded part of town and is determined she stay until the baby is born and then he can be it's father, despite her having dumped him earlier in the film.
Yes, that is the most crazy part of the film but (and it's been sometime since I've seen this) I believe Will and her ex end up in jail together over the whole matter and end up getting violent with each other.
The title "Second Thoughts" can mean, will Amy change her mind about keeping the baby or about either of these men?
Since I'm not revealing the ending (which I do remember) I'll let you find the movie and find out.
Going with a rating of 7, as while a pretty good movie, there are some things here that are a bit too outlandish and some scenes that really did nothing to help the story be more engrossing.
Some funny scenes but not really a comedy, more of a character study of 3 people in need of serious life direction.
Worth a look or two though. (END)
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