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Summary: A "Friend"-ly Little Film!
Review: This was an okay movie that was taken beyond mediocrity due to the fact that Matthew Perry was in it. Quite frankly, that was the only reason I went to see this movie in the first place. Perry is extremely funny in the TV show Friends, and he is also funny in this movie. He has good on-screen chemistry with both Neve Campbell and his co-star Oliver Platt. This movie was amusing and light, and that's all it was intended to be. I quite enjoyed it! The only part I thought was kind of dumb was the part where Neve was in the bathtub and allows Matt to come in and watch because she thinks he is gay. Then she proceeds to tell him her secret lesbian fantasies. As if! THAT part must have been written by a guy (maybe it was the screenwriter's secret fantasy). Anyhow, this is a great movie to rent on a Saturday night with a pizza and some pals. Enjoy!
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Summary: A Funny And Sensitive Movie
Review: I like off-beat movies! Some of my favorites are "Two Ninas", "Office Space", and "Three To Tango". These are a small productions with lesser known actors that are very very good. "Three To Tango" is one of those low profile but excellent movies that is under appreciated. Matthew Perry plays a talented architect who pretends to be gay in order to land a big contract. His firm lands the contract but he also is intrusted to keep an eye on his married employer's girl friend, played by Neve Campbell. You guessed it, he falls in love with the girl friend. Hiding his true feelings is both funny and touching. If you're not homophobic, I highly recommend this movie!
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Summary: Social satire about homosexuality
Review: Synopsis:
Oscar Novak (Matthew Perry) is an up and coming architect, bidding with his partner (Oliver Platt) for a project to renovate a classic Chicago landmark. Business Tycoon Charles Newmann (Dylan McDermott), the man seeking the bids, mistakenly comes to believe that Oscar is gay and asks him to babysit his mistress (Neve Campbell) for him. With his business on the line, he agrees to do it, but even in agreeing, he must now pretend to prefer a sexual preference that he does not. Things go from bad to worse when he falls for the tycoon's Mistress.About the Movie:
This is not a film for social conservatives. With homosexuality having become one of the major hot topics in America, this film proves how a movie can have as much a social agenda as a church can.. One interesting thing to point out about this film is how it uses Mathew Perry's character Oscar Novak to mirror the plight of closeted homosexuals. The Amazon Editorial Review (by Mark Engleheart) completely missed the point of the movie in saying that Novak's supposed gayness is treated simply as "an oppressive burden." Social standing, job security and even friendships hang in the balance because of Novak's supposed sexual orientation. The film's point is that this is a burden that many homosexuals feel they have to deal with. In a sense Novak is now forced to deal with the same issues that gays deal with by having to "be in the closet" about being straight. If anything, the movie advocates openness and tolerance, something Novak learns about first hand. It's the classic, "walking in another man's shoes" satire. Ultimately, Three to Tango is a film that pretends to be a romantic comedy but is really a obvious endeavor to promote an image of homosexuality as "normal" through genuinely humorous satire. In an era of political correctness, this is the ultimate film for it. It presents a perfect politically correct image of homosexuality, even going so far as to make it seem like the ideal to strive for. Homosexuals are the good guys, sensitive, understanding, and open, while straight men are losers, who cheat on their wives and are emotionally detached and insensitive. Three to Tango does it job very well, playing on the audience's emotional output, and challenging their conventions with uneasy situations (as many movies do) to get the audience to agree with the premise. Matthew Perry's character gets into his situation and gains his love interest precisely because he fits the stereotypical homosexual image (the one of the sensitive well-dressed male without the lisp and limp wrist). The movie seems to say that the homosexual image is the one to strive for, because Perry, a straight man fits it so perfectly and finds happiness with a beautiful woman in the end as a result. Meanwhile, the quasi bad guy, Dylan McDermott's character, Charles Newmann, is a caricature of a straight man, insensitive, an adulterer, a manly man, who's possessive, jealous, selfish and vindictive. He's over the top and unlikable, precisely because he was written to be that way. McDermott plays the role to the T, which provides a perfect counterpoint to the film's overall portrayal of the straight/gay issue. The end statement is that sexual orientation should not be the issue, it should be your feelings and who you are. In all honesty, it's hard not to like this film at least on some level, even if you don't agree with the message that it is preaching. Matthew Perry is an expert at filling out the role of a bewildered man thrown into unexpected and peculiar situations with both humor and sensitivity. He's a wonderful and charming comic actor, and it shows. Neve Campbell is cute as his co-star, and there are a lot of comic moments that are laugh out loud funny. Of course, a lot of the humor comes directly from Oscar being put in the position of a straight man dealing with being thought of as gay, with some of the humor being overtly sexual in nature. People who disagree with the homosexual lifestyle will understandably dislike this film, because it is openly pro-gay and presents the issue in an extremely one-sided manner.
About the DVD:
Three to Tango comes in a cardboard snap case on a double-sided DVD with both fullscreen and Widescreen versions of the film in Dolby Digital 5.1 sound. The image and sound are pretty good for a budget DVD, with only a little film grain or artifacts. The movie is translated into French and has English and French subtitles. One wonders when the big studios will figure out that Spanish is the second most commonly spoken language on the North American continent. As far as special features, this one has what appears to be something that is becoming standard on Warner Brothers budget DVD releases. They include the theatrical trailer for the film and a series of textual production notes that provide background on the movie. They're interesting to read, but not much as far as special features go. This release even skimps on the actor bios that usually provided with most budget releases. Bottom Line:
A comedic film with a clear social message to provide to its audience that will undoubtedly turn away some because of it. A decent (depending on social views) movie on a standard DVD release. 3 stars.
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Summary: A Romance with a Twist
Review: Architect, Oscar Novak (Matthew Perry) and his business partner, Peter Steinberg (Oliver Platt) are desperate to secure a high profile job working for tycoon, Charles Newman. Newman is married and also has a mistress, who's an artist, called, Amy Post (Neve Campbell). Due to a misconception early on, Newman thinks Oscar and Peter are partners in more than just the business sense and so, gets Oscar to spy on his mistress when he's not around as he jealously thinks that she may go off with another man. Trying to keep Newman happy, Oscar agrees then meets Amy and falls for her. Naturally, it comes out that they think he's gay and in order not to lose the possibility of the job, Oscar finds he has to play along. One of the great and funny things about the film is just how much his ruse escalates totally out of control until finally his friends of several years and even his parents believe he really is gay. Matthew Perry is excellent in this role which also gives him the opportunity to play it 'real' where, personally, I think he's at his best. Very few actors get to me like he does when he's portraying hurt and inner struggle - really pulls on the heartstrings. Fantastic acting. Neve Campbell as Amy was lively and fun and it's easy to see why Oscar would fall for her. The moment when Amy is about to kiss Oscar and then realises what she's doing and their following fight over Newman is one of the best in the film for both actors. You can really see the turmoil they're both having - she because she's falling for what she thinks is a 'gay' guy and he because he hates seeing her with Newman but can't tell her of his true feelings due to his loyalty to his friend, Steinberg who will go bankrupt if they lose the job. All in all a warm and touching film that is extremely funny in places. One to watch again and again.
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Summary: This Is a good Tango
Review: All right Critics listen here THIS IS NOT A BAD MOVIE. What this movie is about is an architect(Perry) who tries to get the job for a rich business man played my Dylan Mcdermott after a misunderstanding he thinks that Perry is gay. So he enlists him to watch over his girlfriend played by the always cute Neve campbell. I don't know why this movie was blasted by just about every critic. Because it is a rather good romantic comedy. Matthew Perry and Neve Campbell are both good looking so they look cute. They have a courtship that is genuinelly funny and touching in which you hope that they will end up together which i was hoping because they were so good together. A very funny movie that had me laughing the entire time through. I can't wait when this comes out on video. Even Perry&Campbell tango across the finish line was good results. Againg this is one Tango that is worth watching.
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Summary: Ignore the critics and give this one a try.
Review: I have finally given up reading reviews by professional movie critics. Because if I took most of the recommendations they hand out, I would miss some very good movies. And "Three to Tango" is one of them I would have missed. Matthew Perry stars as an up and coming young architect striving with his gay business partner (Oliver Platt) to land a very lucrative, high profile job. Through a huge misunderstanding Perry is believed to be gay, and the hilarity ensues. Dylan McDermott is delightfully nasty as the high-powered businessman unafraid to throw his weight around to get what he wants. No longer seen as a threat, he convinces Perry to play watchdog over his mistress (Neve Campbell) for fear that she fall into the arms of another man. Perry, of course falls head over heels, and is now powerless to do anything about it for fear of losing his job. The fact that everyone now assumes that Perry is gay lends itself to some very funny scenes, but also some very over the top, unbelievable situations. Matthew Perry is charming as usual, and delivers each line with his signature comedic timing. Neve Campbell is perfect as the flighty, artistic love interest and the object of two men's affections. Oliver Platt is very good as the straight man to Perry's antics, but delivers his share of funny moments as well. I can't help but feel that some critics refuse to take Perry's ability to act outside of the "Friends" confines seriously. I think that he has a great deal of talent, a natural feel for comedy, and is obviously the best of the "Friends" bunch. Give this movie and try, and I bet you won't be dissapointed.
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Summary: Very funny and sweet romantic comedy; perfect for weekend..
Review: This film has a very funny plot and and a great dialogue, too. I really enjoyed it as a light romantic comedy for a Sunday evening screening. The whole family could watch it together, I suppose. Neve Campbell and Matthew Perry had a beautiful "on-screen chemistry" together, and that accounted for a lot of charm in this movie. Anyone, who likes "The Practice", will enjoy Dylan McDermott in his role here. Supporting cast was well-chosen, too. This movie is really fun!
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Summary: Defense against Editorial Review...
Review: The editorial review of this movie mentioned that the film was lessened by the reaction to the situation of Matthew Perry's character having to pretend to be gay. The writer suggested that the issue of his mistaken homosexuality was treated as a 'burden'. This movie never implied anything negative about homosexuality. If anything, the opposite is most certainly true. The situation was difficult because Perry was pretending to be something he wasn't. That was the point, to express from a straight person's point of view what gays go through every day of their lives. The overlying theme of this movie is that everyone has a right to be proud of who they are.
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Summary: What can I say?
Review: This movie has 'Matthew Perry vehicle' written all over it (which is not a bad thing--I like Matthew Perry). Thank goodness someone had the foresight to include talented Canadian beauty Neve Campbell, (obviously) one of my favorite actors, on the vehicle. She TOTALLY carries the movie wherever Perry fails to make the cut. Perry and Campbell have WONDERFUL chemistry. There are a few surprises in this movie that definitely make it unique. I have to say, though, that I could have completely done without the interplay between Campbell's character and her married lover. Fortunately, that didn't compromise the charm of this tasty romantic tale, which has become one of my all-time favorite romantic comedies. I definitely recommend making a copy of this your own.
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Summary: VERY GOOD!
Review: HI I'm from Germany and there there title of this film is "Ein Date zu dritt". And I like it very much, because I like Friends and also Matthew Perry. He`s so sweet... Well, the movie is great and i give it 5 *****
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