GETTING Even With Dad

is distinctly different from Macaulay Culkin’s previous box office hit Home Alone I & II. Culkin plays the son of a reformed ex-convfct (Ted Danson) who arrives unexpectedly one day at Danson's doorstep. Danson after serving time in prison works at a small pastry shop but he wants to change his miserable existence for a better one by stealing a set of valuable coins with the help of his friends. Af the beginning Culkin is unaware what his father has done. But after stumbling upon some vital clues he uncovers the plot and decides to hide the coins. He then blackmails his father into spending a day visiting places (park, museum etc). Because Culkin wants Danson to make up for three years without a mother who died of cancer while Danson was in Jail. Reluctantly, he complies with Culkin's demand otherwise Culkin won't give the location where the coins are. Gradually, however, as time passes by Danson’s affection for Culkin grows stronger. And the

crunch comes when Danson has to make a choice between either the coins or Culkin. Danson is swayed by the adage Affection blinds reason' and so like the copybook fairy tale endings the two live together happily ever after.

How much trouble can a baby be? Not mych I suppose. Wrong. The three stooges in Baity's Day Out ^ertainly won't agree. This 1-— hour classic slapstick follows the hilarious adventures of an abducted baby boy and his three kidnappers who demand a ransom of five million dollars from his wealthy parents. After escaping. our little hero decides to have some fun of hi* own by travelling on a bus and visiting a zoo where he befriends a gorilla. This gorilla incidentally saves him from the clutches of the kidnappers. In fact, each time the abductors can grab him the baby manages to slip through their fingers. 1 wouldn't be surprised If there was a second part in future.

Although Brahama is the only Hindi arrival this week, it's nice to see a selection of Bangla movies from Calcutta.