Todd Ettinger (David Dukes) is your normal businessman known for brokering power deals, alone and unhappily single, visited by Cupid (Robert Morse, with a sagging face and disheveled look about him, who is lots of fun) who wishes to help him find true love. Cupid, however, is in a rut of his own, having lost the love of his life, Greek god Maghera (Carolyn Seymour) after a fling with a mortal woman. Ettinger just wants to get his mind off this woman (Ingrid Boulting) he saw one day while walking from his office with a colleague, but, thanks to Cupid, can't seem to do so. Maybe if Ettinger "plays Cupid", he can get those two gods back together and, in turn, rescue himself from such turmoil. Maybe all of this will in fact help Ettinger's own miserable love life. Amusing contemporary take on love at first sight, putting a fresh spin on Greek gods and, specifically, Cupid, whose weariness thanks to losing his immortal girl has caused his *romantic magic* to suffer. This is the case where the principles depend more on physical comedy, showing the frustrations, anger, and depression stemming from the pains of love.
Paul's (Tony Lo Bianco; The French Connection) little daughter (Andrea Barber, Kimmie of "Full House") was seriously injured during a car accident thanks to a teenager's horseplaying on a bike in the middle of the street. While leaving the hospital to get some rest, Paul sees a ghost girl named Sarah standing on the roof of a Catholic orphanage named St. Amelia's, purchasing her bed during a rummage sale. Sarah visits him one night, asking for her teddy named Toby. So Paul goes to an older nun (Nan Martin, also playing a nun in "Nightmare on Elm Street III"), who knew the ghost girl, to get information (and Toby) about Sarah (Jenny Lewis), wondering if there was some greater purpose involved in his seeing her. Could Sarah serve a purpose in regards to Paul's daughter? Meant to be a touching, "weep in your hankie" kind of tale, so those who are repulsed by such should leave the premises immediately. This is about coming up with any way possible to rescue your daughter when all hope is lost and a ghost might just have the answer he seeks.
Ye Gods:6/10//If She Dies:6/10
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