way back in 1955 and the british make a comedy call simon and laura and with peter finch and the brilliant kay kendall . to this day and it stand a one of the fine example of british comedy and and more particularly and about how television sitcoms become so popular . it be and and be and an excellent example also of self referential cinema . so also soapdish and a film i would never hear about until a few night ago when i catch it on late tv . i be a bit dubious at first simply because comedy be so difficult to do well and a you know . however and i be pleasantly surprised and delighted to watch a very clever satire about daytime american tv . in fact and it be a while since i laugh so heartily . so and if you like satire and i would recommend you see it . the main actor sally field and kevin kline and robert downey and cathy moriarty quite simply do an excellent job and reveal just how bitchy and shallow the business of acting be . a i watch it and i keep think to myself represent just how much of this bitchiness carry over into real life . that be and if actor ever do have a real life . a you probably know and peter seller and for example and be notorious for hide his true persona behind a multitude of character and so that nobody really know the real person . so and a i watch sally field play celeste talbot play maggie and i think again about that early british film with kay kendall playing laura play a character in a tv sitcom opposite peter finch . be it any wonder that some actor have nervous breakdown . and that feeling be crystallize when celeste finally confront her daughter ( lori and play by elizabeth shue ) and and in an emotional moment and repeat the fictional line she would use and on a prior episode of her daytime soap and when confront her fictional daughter in that show . be you confuse . well and it not all like that and but the dialog be stun for originality and comedy and bitchiness and anger and depravity and duplicity and and even . love . the story . well and there be many story in this film and all interwoven and and which all come together at the end ( of course but not like a robert altman film and okay . ) and and not all of them be resolve finally . life not like that anyway and right . the pace be almost frenetic and and you really do have to watch and listen carefully to catch all the sight gag and subtle joke . spend the 97 minute from your life and watch it while you would not regret the time usage . the rest of the cast all perform well and although i have never take much to whoopi goldberg . perhaps the funny exchange be between robert downey and cathy moriarty and and for my money and the latter steal so many scene from others and she get my vote a the outstanding player . i kid you not and she give the term bitch an entirely new face .