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Andrew Peter Marin (writer)
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31 October 1984 (USA)
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While a major in the U.S. Army, Joe Cheever has a fling with his commanding officer's daughter that results in a pregnancy...
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Sweet acting, but the script and direction falter
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(Credited cast)| Kevin Dobson | ... | Col. Joseph Cheever | |
| Kelly McGillis | ... | Katherine Dennison Breen | |
| Alec Baldwin | ... | Maj. Alex Breen | |
| Savannah Smith Boucher | ... | Anne Haggarty Cheever (as Savannah Smith) | |
| Wings Hauser | ... | Maj. Frank Hollins | |
| Alfre Woodard | ... | Vicki Teague | |
| Merritt Butrick | ... | Capt. Paul Dennison | |
| Richard Bradford | ... | Gen. George Markham | |
| Rick Fitts | ... | Maj. Bill Teague | |
| Helen Hunt | ... | Debbie Markham | |
| Heather Haase | ... | Katherine (age 13) | |
| Dana Elcar | ... | Sen. Arthur Hagerty | |
| Barbara Brownell | ... | Mrs. Markham | |
| Albert Carrier | ... | Maitre D | |
| Thomas Rosales Jr. | ... | Mexican |
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USA:103 min | USA:95 min (DVD)
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Continuity: When young Katherine sits outside sketching her brother in profile as she watches him through the window, she draws the right three-quarter view, yet the camera pan shows that she could only see him from the left rear view and from a lower angle.
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The acting in "Sweet Revenge" is very good, especially from the fledglings who would later become stars, Alec Baldwin and Helen Hunt. Kelly McGillis does well in the lead role and Kevin Dobson makes a noteworthy knave. The story is mainly old style soap opera but there are a few surprises thrown in from time to time, especially the part where Katherine (Kelly McGillis) waits in the dark to shoot the man responsible for her brother's death.
Though the basic story is old hat there are important themes touched on but never fully developed. One of interest is the relationship between Maj. Alex Breen (Baldwin) and his commanding officer, the amoral Col. Joseph Cheever (Dobson). There is an element of hero worship involved which almost leads to Maj. Breen choosing Col. Cheever over his wife in trying to understand exactly what is happening between the two, is it an abortive affair or is it something else? This hearkens back to a similar relationship between Col. Cheever and his commanding officer Gen. George Markham when General Markham's daughter forced herself on a not too unwilling Cheever leading to the death of the general's daughter. General Markham believes Cheever's lies and puts the blame on Katherine's brother who has been set up to take the fall for Cheever. Not only does the script fail to develop some interesting facets begging to be explored, the direction slows the pace of the film down so much that at times the viewer wants to shout, "Get on with the show!" One gets the idea that the movie is being stretched to fill a two hour time slot minus commercials for television, when an hour would have been time aplenty for a neat little revenge flick.