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Article: `What Happened' Lacks Some Key Points
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- Chicago Sun-Times
- Article date:
- December 9, 1994
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WHAT HAPPENED WAS (STAR) (STAR) 1/2
Jackie Karen Sillas
Michael Tom Noonan
Written and directed by Tom Noonan. Running time: 90 minutes. No
MPAA rating () Opening today at the Music Box.
Iam drawn to movies in which we simply wait to see what the
characters will do next, aware that they are not driven by the
requirements of a plot. "What Happened Was. . ." begins like that,
with a woman in her 30s coming home to her apartment, opening a box,
taking out a cake, listening to her answering machine, and waiting
for someone to arrive. Here is a movie that could go almost
anywhere, and I found myself waiting with anticipation.
She has some wine ready. It may be important to her; may ...