Recently I watched Raw Deal, and I guess the last time I saw this was when it was in its initial run in the theaters.
I don’t recall any explanation given for Arnold’s accent in this one, but he introduces himself as “Joseph P. Brenner” and okay, maybe that IS the name they gave him as a new identity.
But it shouldn’t help him too much as he tries to fit into 1980s American life, as a small-town sheriff, but…
Reese Witherspoon as Tracy Flick is one of my favorite performances. Tracy is driven, ambitious, and more than a little annoying at times, yet it’s impossible not to sympathize with her. She works hard, she doesn’t see herself as a victim, and she isn’t afraid to stand up for herself. Like… at all.
Matthew Broderick plays completely against type as Jim McAllister, a high school teacher who is also Tracy’s nemesis, whose vindictiveness and pettiness is masked by his midwestern…
