Article: MOVIES;MOVIE MINI-REVIEWS.(Washington Weekend)(Movies)(Movie Mini-Reviews)

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* Denise Calls Up (1996) (R: Occasional profanity, sexual candor and morbid humor) - (THREE AND ONE-HALF STARS). An exceptionally clever romantic comedy, this deceptively static first feature by writer-director Hal Salwen consists almost exclusively of phone conversations carried on between lovelorn but evasive singles who remain physically separated. As a rule, they seldom leave their apartments: Work is done by laptop computer, socializing by cordless or cellular phone. Alanna Ubach, sensational as Marsha's furtive schoolmate in "The Brady Bunch Movie," plays the title character, an unwed expectant mother impelled to seek out the sperm donor who made ...

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