In The Spirit

In this flaky but engaging female buddy movie, the lives of three vastly different women (Marlo Thomas, Elaine May, and Jeannie Berlin--May's real-life daughter) intersect. Are they ruled by the stars or is it just coincidence that they meet? An advocate of New Age philosophies, healing crystals, and vegetarianism, New Yorker Reva Prosky (Thomas) is one of those pushy do-gooders who can't help "improving" the lifestyle of everyone she meets--including neighbor Crystal (Berlin), who's trying to leave prostitution for a career in bartending. Meanwhile, on the West Coast, the wealthy Roger (Peter Falk) and Marianne Flan (May) nervously endure his recent firing. After ...