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Summary: Richard Gere and all the Women
Review: This is an excellent Altman movie. Though there is the usual large cast you expect from an Altman movie this one is unique in that despite all the periphery confusion it brings an ever increasing focus on just one character, Dr. T himself. Richard Gere has never been one of my favorite actors but he gives an impeccable and likable performance as an always generous and compassionate gynecologist. His wife played by Farrah Fawcett has a breakdown(and gets naked in a fountain) at the mall early on and spends the entire movie institutionalized. His daughters are played by Tara Reid and Kate Hudson, ones a JFK conspiracy nut and the other a lesbian cheerleader(her lover played by Liv Tyler). Dr. T's work life is equally confusing as he treats one hypochondriac after another. Excellent small part by patient Janine Turner. While his wife is in getting treatment he begins an affair with independent golf pro Helen Hunt. In synopsis the movie sounds wacky and it is but it is also a very solid drama. The movie has a backbone and that is Gere. As his perfect life falls away before him he becomes more and more exposed, vulnerable. Lyle Lovetts soundtrack provides a sober running commentary on one man losing control of his life and how he deals with that. An ending that will blow you away....highly recommended. This is a very confident Altman being experimental in a very interesting way, he's full of insight again. Reminds me of some of his seventies work like 1978's The Wedding, but with firmer directorial control.
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Summary: OB-gyn NOXIOUS. Ha ha, get it? That's so funny!!!!!
Review: I had heard bad things about this film, but I decided to check things out for myself. Ouch. Rarely have I been so bored while watching a movie. It's a terrible film, and I'm surprised that I managed to stay awake till the end. I like Richard Gere, I like many of the actresses in this and I like Altman, but what the f... went wrong here? Was everybody sleepwalking or dancing around with their head in the clouds like Fawcett at the mall getting naked in the fountain? The dialogue is some of the worst and dullest I've ever heard in a movie. The performances are phoned-in and everyone looks like they could give a hoot. How sad. Was everyone involved so desperate for money or so willing to be in an Altman film that they forgot to read the script before signing on the dotted line? Oh, and this is a comedy?! I laughed not once. Not once. That has never happened before while watching a comedy. The opening scene in the reception room of Gere's ob-gyn office with the many women patients and staff members almost gave me a headache - it was a flurry of voices and made everyone seem like they didn't have any brains. Are all upperclass women in Texas this horrific? I hope not. Couldn't Altman find anything nice to say about these women? Make any of them interesting? Helen Hunt is always good, but here she's wasted as the no-nonsense golf teacher, who has an affair with Gere while his wife, Fawcett, is in the funny farm after retreating into herself and remaining childlike. I think she just went nuts while on the set of this film. Liv Tyler and Kate Hudson get to play lesbians, and after seeing Kate's choice of husband, who can blame her for dithcing him and eloping with Liv? The cheerleading class scenes with Kate Hudson talking on her cell phone with her equally obnoxious sister Tara Reid, one of the worst actresses I've yet to see, almost made me turn it off. Thankfully I got the film for free from the local library, but too bad Friends of the Library wasted their money on this mess. I rest my case Your Honor. Send this one to the gallows, would ya, thank you very much, aha, as Harry Shearer would say.
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Summary: Decent theme, but no ending
Review: Dr T and the Women is about a GYN and his dealings with the many women that are in his life; his daughters, his wife, his secretary, his new love interest, and not to mention the many female patients that go to his practice.
The movie sets up everything that is going on in Dr T's life; his daughter is getting married but finds out she is a lesbian, his other daughter is obsessed with JFK, his wife has a mental disorder that causes her to act like a kid and therefore really can't be his wife anymore, his secretary is in love with him, his patients almost tear the place down every day trying to get in to see him, and his dealings with his new love interest (Helen Hunt).
Things eventually go so crazy that he can't take it anymore. At the beginning of the movie, he makes a statement about understanding women and what they want, but after the movie's climax, he realizes that he doesn't know a thing and seems to conclude that women are crazy and unpredictable. Really, I think that's probably what the movie is all about and could be stated as the theme for the entire film.
This movie had a teriffic lineup of characters and actors to play them. The story wasn't too bad either. My problem is with the ending; it's inconclusive, unsatisfying, and anti-climatic. That's being nice. And yes, the ending is that important to a film like this. 2 stars. I felt cheated, in a way.
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Summary: Terrific cast wasted on a horrible plot!
Review: Disappointment is the only word that comes to mind while writing this review. I had such high hopes for this ensemble piece including such favorites as Helen Hunt and Richard Gere and rising starlets Tara Reid and Kate Hudson. I liked the setting, the characters, and the basic idea. The movie just didn't live up to its potential. All we see is a bunch of scenes from Dr. T's life. We observe the many eccentric characters of Dr. T's family--Tara Reid as the JFK conspiracy-obsessed daughter, Kate Hudson as the Dallas Cowboys wannabe cheerleader/lesbian daughter, and Laura Dern as the drunk, crazy hat-wearing sister-in-law. Most pathetic in the family is Dr. T's wife (Farrah Fawcett), a woman who suffers from the Hestia complex and has consequently reverted to childlike behavior. She supposedly suffers from this complex due to the "overwhelming amount of affection her husband has shown her." I find this hard to believe, since Dr. T's daughters can hardly have five minutes of conversation with him without some kind of distraction. The only redeeming quality of the film is Dr. T's hilarious nurse, Shelly Long. The scenes in the waiting room are top-notch! Total chaos and LOUDNESS abound the room as Shelly Long tries to keep the "fillies from getting restless". Even funnier are the number of women fighting to be the first in line for Dr. T's gynecological equipment! Yet, even these few humorous scenes aren't enought to save this film from drowning. The final scene does not even attempt to wrap up this movie. In the end, we're merely left with a bunch of interesting acquaintances and even though the movie is pretty horrible, we can only hope for a sequal to wrap up this unfinished mess.
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Summary: Just Plain Despicable
Review: This may be the worst movie ever filmed. Its portrayal of women borders on the misogynistic, even though the lead character, Dr. T, is alleged to love women--his wife too much, even. The symbolism has all the subtlety of being beat about the head with a bat: It's a twister, get it? His life is in turmoil! The plot is disjointed and that ending... boy, is it bad. At first you think the screenwriter just gave up, but then you suspect perhaps he ingested hallucinogens. Some bad movies redeem themselves by being laughable. This one, as another reviewer pointed out, just makes you hate it.
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Summary: The most boring film I have ever seen!
Review: I picked this out on a rainy Saturday afternoon. I had heard nothing about it but because of the all star cast thought it would be a good choice. As I began watching I started thinking to myself over and over again that these actors must have agreed to make this movie to supplement their incomes during a slow year. I have never written a review of anything before but as this movie plays endlessly on I am writing this review to keep someone else from the misery I have endured this afternoon. My time would have been much better spent sitting and enjoying the sound of the rain.
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Summary: WATCHABLE, PAST GERE'S ACCENT & THE DOOZY FINALE
Review: Like much of Robert Altman's work, this one's quite a hit and miss movie, but worth seeing for some good performances, a handful of genuinely funny scenes, and some of the master's typical ensemble sequences with all hell breaking loose while everybody talks at once. It is probably unhelpful to approach it as though it was a full-blooded satire on wealthy Texas women. For a start, the target is too easy - like the floating and walking birds Dr T and his buddies seem to think it's fair to shoot at - and in any case the focus of the film is not the Women of the title, but Dr T. Richard Gere gives a typically charming and understated, performance as Dr Travis, who is surrounded by women whom he likes and respects in private life, and cares for in his professional life as a gynecologist, but no more understands than most men. Farrah Fawcett gives a touching portrayal as his wife, who retreats into childhood to escape his smothering affection. Helen Hunt, an independently-minded intelligent golf pro, provides a refreshing change - both for Dr T and the audience - from the empty-headed shopaholics who people much of the movie. Laura Dern, Kate Hudson and Shelley Long sparkle as, respectively, Dr T's sister-in-law, daughter and receptionist. As we might expect from Altman, the city of Dallas also plays a leading role; and the best casting is definitely that of Eric Ryan as the "birth baby". What probably made the movie the flop that it turned out to be was that in a typical Altman way (Pret A Porter?) it meanders on and on, with quite a few side-plots introduced (including an aging ex-wife who obviously has health problems but we never find out if they're mental or physical), but the movie never really comes to a point, nor do we see any sensible conclusion to the side-plots. And, the ending is so far-fetched it borders on the realm of sci-fi/fantasy, especially if you know ANYTHING about the geography of Texas or the Southern United States. If you approach it with the programmed expectations of a typical audience, you'll be disappointed. This is a long way from the vintage Altman of Mash, Nashville and The Player. But, it is still richer than most Hollywood fare and would probably make a decent rental.
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Summary: Bad Ending
Review: Gere is great. Nice to see Shelley Long in a movie again. Tara Reid was kind of wasted (she is very talented). Liked the themes that were being dealt with in the movie, but my god what an awful ending! One of the worst endings I have ever seen. I know what it was trying to say but it was such a cop out, and it left hanging quite a great deal with all the characters we had come to know throughout the course of the film. This is one of those movies where I can understand why my friends don't like Altman. *See Nashville, The Long Goodbye, The Player. Those are his best films.
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Summary: Farrah in a fountain
Review: Early on in the movie, Farrah strips all of her clothes off and dances around in a huge fountain at the mall, baring it all. Come on, that's worth the price of the DVD (and the DVD player) alone, even if our former Angel is a little, ehum, past her prime. Seriously, I can't believe all the bad reviews. I thought it was cute with some deep stuff. Not all together believable at times, but the cast was great, the plot funny but a little light, and I enjoy watching it about once a month. Dr. T is Dallas' leading gynocologist and of course all of the women in town are in love with him, his patients, his office manager, everyone, though wife Farrah cracks up and ends up in the nuthouse because, apparently, her life has been so perfect she loses her mind. Apart from the fountain scene, Farrah is hardly in it. Dr. T has to deal with nutty broads after him, romances Helen Hunt and has to deal with nut-case daughter's wedding. I thought it was funny and cute with a few serious moments. Nothing great, but it did not drag and I liked it alot. Don't forget, Farrah all nude in a fountain.
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Summary: nahiswhattheysay
Review: This movie was unrealistic and boring from the start. What is wrong with Richard Gere? He usually shows up in movies with substance.
Poor Farah never had a chance.
I would reccomend this movie to those having trouble sleeping
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