What's Up Doc? - Rewatch

 Sorry I found this rewatch unwatchable.  

The older I get, the more intolerant I am of 2nd rate actors. And nobody was more 2nd rate than Babs Streisand. 

Everytime I saw Streisand on the screen I was struck by how agressively annoying and homely she was.  It doesn't help that Striesand is filmed as if she had the face of Garbo and charm of Audrey Hepburn.  Her big nose, big mouth,  and big eyes dominate the screen in way too many close-ups**. 

And the rest of the cast?  Also annoying.  Ryan O'Neal is all at sea, shooting for amusingly nerdish, he ends up being dull.  Even Madeline Kahn strikes out as the staid, uptight middle-class wife - she's miscast.  The chase scene at the end had its moments, but there was too little wit, and too many cars crashes.  Summary:  My first rewatch, and my last. 

** =  these kind of films make me appreciate John Simon.  We don't need an endless stream of beautiful faces on the screen.  But if you're a plain actress, it's better to be like Marie Dressler, Thelma Ritter, Whoopi Goldberg, or Margaret Rutherford.  Have some inner beauty, warmth, and charisma. The problem with Striesand is she's obnoxious and homely.  Plus, she and her fans pretend she's some beauty who has no problem landing Ryan O'Neal or Robert Redford!