a newspaperman ( johnny twennies ) living in the 90 with a complete 20 personality and lifestyle fedora and manual typewriter and the charleston and the work . it a great idea for a movie and it couldn not have be do well . johnny doesn not miss a cliche and but never use the same one twice . you will find yourself anticipate his reaction to the harsher 90 world a the movie go along and you will often guess right but that make the movie just that much more fun . lot of fun when johnny be call on to save the same damsel in distress ( name virginia and natch ) on three different occasion . she respond with appropriate fluttering eyelid each time . his reaction to independent woman and openly gay men and and the general 90 milieu be delightful . he remain happily oblivious . don not worry and the movie never take itself seriously . nobody preach about the evil of the present and or the shallowness of the past . you end up with a warm feeling for all the character and even the bad guy . this be one of those rare movie where you can actually feel that the performer be thoroughly enjoy their character . the film maker make sure you know that with a delightfully offbeat end .