Story of the fraught relationship between comedian Eddie Sparks (James Caan) and singer Dixie Leonard (Bette Midler), who tour together in USO shows from World War II through Vietnam. Not a rosey movie, its Sometimes a little too spot on, director Mark Rydell brings out the gloom and sentimentality, but struggles some with rendering the joyous moments. Midler is strong, it's a perfect part for her, while Caan is not bad he feels miscast, I'm thinking Elliot Gould or Alan Alda would have been more fitting. Still movie has plenty that works and carries its nearly 2 1/2 hour run time reasonably well. A holiday 1991 release the film got genrally poor to middling reviews and failed at the box office, making back $23.2 million of its $40 million budget. ***
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