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Capsule review: ‘Of All the Things’
Songwriter Dennis Lambert wrote or co-wrote some of the biggest hits of the ’70s — such as “Baby Come Back” and “Ain’t No Woman Like The One I’ve Got” — but the one LP he made under his own name tanked. Then it swam across the ocean, where (unbeknownst to Lambert) its song “Of All the Things” became a blockbuster in, of all the places, the Philippines. Thirty-five years later, Lambert — now a high-end Realtor in Boca Raton — accepts an offer to tour there, where his sentimental ballad is sufficiently beloved that a Lambert gig on Valentine’s Day fills the same Manila coliseum where the Thrilla in Manila took place. On screen, Lambert isn’t the most captivating character, but this affectionate doc portrait (directed by the songwriter’s son, Jody) coasts entertainingly on a bed of feel-good hits and the quirk appeal derived from Lambert’s left-field comeback shot.
7:30 p.m. Thursday at Alamo Lamar
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