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Summary: Tango with romance and fun!
Review: I love this movie -- the chemistry between Perry and Campbell is funny and quite touching. This is one of the most charming romantic comedies I have seen recently and I especially love Perry's comic charisma and ability to steal the spotlight. He is very attractive and funny.There is something problematic in this film: the stereotyping of gay people. I'm sure homosexuals are not very pleased with this film -- although to be honest, the movie wouldn't be as funny without the stereotypes. There were many hilarious scenes. The most memorable one was when the newspapers publicized Oscar's (mistaken) homosexuality. Oliver Platts was great, but Dylan McDermott's role of the Trump-like boss was dull and trite. Perry and Campbell make the film work, especially Perry.
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Summary: Dance with Me, Neve!
Review: "Three to Tango" definitely did not deserve some of the harsh reviews handed down to it upon it's theatrical release. It is basically fluff, but that is what makes it fun. Lighthearted, breezy and full of romance, "Three to Tango" boasts a wonderful comic performance from Neve Campbell, who, with this film, shows she is an actress capable of an amazing range of emotions. Dylan McDermott, Matthew Perry and Oliver Platt also turn in nice performances, but it is Campbell and the romance factor that steal the show.
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Summary: Wonderful Movie!
Review: I saw a sneak showing of it at Clemson Univ and it was absolutely hillarious. Sadly, I never saw it showing at the theater, but I would have gladly gone to see it again.
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Summary: Perry & Campbell are sensational!
Review: First & foremost, I don't really mind what I have been hearing from the tabloids about Matthew Perry and Neve Campbell. Actually when I heard this movie is out, I was intrigued. I picked this movie deliberately from Amazon when Perry and Campbell were featured with Dylan McDermott of The Practice in the title cover of the DVD. And when I saw it, they were sensational as they were paired up for the first time in this savvy romantic comedy masterpiece. The story is very original of its kind since "The Object of my Affection" with Paul Rudd & Jennifer Aniston. In that movie, a straight female falls in love with an openly gay guy who are not meant for each other romantically. While in Three to Tango, we see quite the opposite - a straight guy, who is misunderstood of being gay, falls in love with a straight gal, who thought that he's gay, and at the end were meant for each other. As intrigue comes to embrace its viewers, the story is beautifully directed and well portrayed. The movie kicks off with two architectural partners, Oscar Novak and Peter Steinberg played by Perry and co-star Oliver Platt respectively, together pursuing a job opportunity with a Forbes' tycoon, charles Newman played by McDermott. When Newman finds out their gay status, Steinberg & Novak was awarded its big break, except for Oscar Novak, who was misunderstood of being gay, was given additional duties to spy on the tycoon's mistress, Amy played by Campbell, for her suspected relationship with a hunk football player, Kevin Cartwright played by Clyk Cozart. Wait what you are about to hear when Kevin confesses his attraction to Oscar. And wait to see the part when Oscar was selected and honored as "Gay Professional of the Year". It's chaotic fun just like the good old school days. Towards the end, Oscar confesses his true identity during his honorary speech and his love for Amy. The final act is a kissing scene of Oscar & Amy, which put the viewers to draw their conclusions especially for Friends and Party of Five fans. For the movie theme, it's love conquers all. But for desperate fans seeking gossip, the movie creates this hysteria, when these two were paired up for the first time. And Three to Tango became a hit. Adding to the praise is the superb musical score. The swing era of the 50s and 60s is well adapted to the atmosphere of humor around this modern story. If you're expanding your gay library or if you're just starting to build one, or if you're a huge fan of Friends and Party of Five, then you'll like this one. After all, Perry & Campbell are just among the youngest and cutest stars around.
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Summary: It's good and very.......different.
Review: I saw this movie exactly one year ago on T.V. and I really thought it was interesting and very different. The first gay movie I've seen. I found it hilarious and at the same time suspensefull, because you will not know in what will end. The truth is that I liked it, I confess. If you like different romantic movies, you'll enhoy this one. I hate romantic movies but with some comedy it makes itself watchfull and interesting. Watch it. You'll enjoy it.
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Summary: Guy gets girl, guy loses girl, guy gets girl back . . .
Review: Your typical rom-com storyline isn't it? The only problem with this, is that everyone thinks Oscar (Matthew Perry) is gay. Which he's not. Now, I've seen enough Friends (and have 5 seasons on DVD) to know that this story has been done to death on Friends. And here we go with it again! Everyone with Chandler thought he was gay - especially when he had that 'evil' goatee thing going on.
This movie reminded me very much of Object Of My Affection (starring Jennifer Aniston), as it's the same storyline, except from a (pregnant) girl's point of view, fancying a gay guy. This time it's Matthew Perry, who has to almost pretend he's gay, so his boss won't suspect him. His boss (played by Dylan McDermott) thinks Oscar is 'safe' because he's gay - when he's really not. (Also has similarities to Chasing Amy, but without the sarcastic humour of Kevin Smith at the helm.)
Why Matthew Perry? He basically plays Chandler all over again, and he's very obviously going to be stereotyped all over again. Unless he does a really outrageous movie. And then everyone will say he was better as Chandler. That's the problem. With Friends now over, the six of them will trying to make the transition fully into movies, instead of doing the odd film here and there. And so far, in my opinion, only Jennifer Aniston has had some reasonable success in movies. The only other has been Courtney Cox with the Scream movies. We'll not mention Matt Le Blanc & Ross Schwimmer in this section, as their tries have been diabolical.
This film was reasonably good, and it was enjoyable to watch. Neve Campbell is fantastic, and what the guys in the film say is true - you would have to be gay not to fall in love with her. I just love the way when she's about to cry, her eyes fill up, and they always look very strange. No other actor can pull this off.
My favourite scene was when Oscar was on the bus, and it just had come out (in the newspapers!) that he was gay. And he was getting eyed up, especially by this guy. He can't put his back to him, cos the guy stares at his backside, and if he turns round - well, I won't say where his eyes would be! And the joint throwing up scene is funny, as is all the scenes where Oscar & Amy are getting to know each other.
There is nothing in the way of extras on this DVD, only a trailer. Whoopee!
If you enjoyed Object Of My Affection, and want a movie without Paul Rudd, I would go for this one. Plus, Oliver Platt (apparently, super gay!) is fantastic, although he doesn't act that over the top gay most of the time. The film is cliched, but you'll (hopefully) still enjoy it.
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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: 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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Summary: Great film...if you like Matthew Perry
Review: Of course if you don't, you will absolutely loathe and despise this film. I love his twisted, neurotic characters and brilliant physical comedy, but some people find it too lowbrow. That's fine. This film is excellent in parts. It does drag in some, but the funny parts more than overcome that. All too often, sensitive men who are tidy and can cook are pegged as homosexual, and it's interesting to see someone in that situation who doesn't recoil in horror due to his homophobia. Perry's character was not homophobic at all...he just simply was not gay. In a nutshell, the plot is this: Perry and his business partner pitch an architectural project to a wealthy businessman. The businessman's secretary thinks Perry and his business partner are gay and this is where the rubber meets the road. The businessman asks Perry to spy on his mistress and predictably, Perry falls in love with her. Both Campbell and Perry played the underlying frustration angle well, and the film builds to a satisfying, if predictable, climax. Personally, I thought it was very funny, though I understand not everyone will like it.
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