Matthew Crosby returns for another film episode, this time with at least 80% more emeralds-hidden-in-a-horse. We discuss some of the big performance choices and tonal frustrations in this mostly-forgotten 80s comedy, and assess Waits's work as an actor in perhaps his biggest film role.
Music extracts used for illustrative/review purposes include:
Cold Feet Trailer, via YouTube (dir. Robert Dornhelm, 1989)
Tom Waits in Cold Feet segment from Big Picture with Chris Connelly, via Youtube (1989)