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Article: DOCTOR CAN'T SAVE `PLAYING GOD'.(L.A. LIFE) (movie review)
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- Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
- Article date:
- October 17, 1997
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Byline: Robert Philpoot Fort Worth Star-Telegram
The first thing we hear in ``Playing God'' is David Duchovny's familiar voice, and, for the moment, everything's fine: Duchovny's laconic, sardonic tone makes him one of the few actors who can do narration well, and he sounds every bit the world-weary film noir antihero.
But soon, we're wondering what went wrong: Duchovny might sound like Philip Marlowe, but the movie looks like ``Starsky and Hutch.'' Duchovny doesn't just get most of the good lines; he gets lines that sound like he walked in from a better film. His character is well-constructed; the others are made of cardboard.
And as you watch ...