Funny About Love (1990)
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0% of critics liked it
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29% of users liked it
(1,477 ratings)
The once-in-a-lifetime collaboration between star Gene Wilder and director Leonard Nimoy resulted in the charmingly haphazard and anachronistic Funny About Love. Wilder plays political cartoonist Duffy Bergman, who falls in love with much-younger Meg (Christine Lahti) during a book-signing session.… More The once-in-a-lifetime collaboration between star Gene Wilder and director Leonard Nimoy resulted in the charmingly haphazard and anachronistic Funny About Love. Wilder plays political cartoonist Duffy Bergman, who falls in love with much-younger Meg (Christine Lahti) during a book-signing session. Once married, the old "clash of careers" bugaboo arises: Meg wants to continue working as a chef in a fancy New York restaurant, while Duffy would prefer that she think about starting a family. When it seems as though Meg may be incapable of bearing children, the self-involved Duffy impregnates earthy college coed Daphne (Mary Stuart Masterson). How a happy ending can grow from this complication is a puzzlement. Funny About Love was based--extremely loosely--on a speech once delivered by Chicago Tribune columnist Bob Greene. The laughs tend to be sporadic, though Stephen Toblowsky scores high marks as a jocular fertility doctor. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- Leonard Nimoy
- Written By
- Norman Steinberg, David Frankel
- Genres
- Drama, Romance, Comedy
PG-13,
- In Theaters
- Sep 21, 1990 Wide
- Studio
- Paramount Home Video
Critic Reviews
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Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
Funny About Love provides an opportunity to spend 101 minutes in the presence of the most cloying, inane and annoying dialogue I've heard in many a moon, punctuated only by occasional lapses into startling bad manners.
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Rob Gonsalves, eFilmCritic.com
Directed, with a truly frightening and unerring worship of the banal, by Leonard Nimoy.
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Christopher Null, Filmcritic.com
Were it not for the suicidal feelings you may find yourself with at the end of the 105 minutes, gosh, this might actually be a fun time.
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Scott Weinberg, eFilmCritic.com
Sad about careers.
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Cast
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Gene Wilder
as Duffy Bergman
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Christine Lahti
as Meg Lloyd
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Mary Stuart Masterson
as Daphne Delillo
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Robert Prosky
as E. T
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Anne Jackson
as Adele Bergman
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Stephen Tobolowsky
as Dr. Hugo Blatt
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Susan Ruttan
as Claire Raskin
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Jean De Baer
as Vivian
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David Margulies
as Dr. Benjamin
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Michael Bofshever
as Steve
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Lorenzo Caccialanza
as Sotto Voce Maitre d'
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Al Cerullo
as Helicopter Pilot
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Paul Collins
as Bill Hatcher
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Patrick Ewing
as Himself
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Robert Hy Gorman
as Roger
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Sherlynn Hicks
as Waitress
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Anne Lange
as Bobbie
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David Larson
as Elevator Operator
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Paul L.Q. Lee
as Moving Man
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Wendie Malick
as Nurse Nancy
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Elizabeth Morehead
as Kathryn
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Andrew Hill Newman
as Jerry
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Dave Nicolson
as Elevator Operator
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Regis Philbin
as Himself
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Justin Ross
as Waiter
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Kevin Shaw
as Waiter
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Lewis J. Stadlen
as Avi
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Celeste Yarnall
as Delta Gamma
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Ramy Zada
as Ellis Hayden
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Joe Zaloom
as Cappucino Vendor
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Michael Snyder
as Video Camera Assistant
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Kathryn Miller
as Delta Gamma
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Robert T. Shannon
as Redhead
- Amanda Mackey-Johnson
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Courtney Barilla
as Alexandra
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Jeannette Kerner
as Delta Gamma
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Freda Foh Shen
as Nurse
- Tara Shannon
