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Plot: A happily married man spies a beautiful model and becomes obsessed with meeting and possibly courting her.
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MCT:July 28, 2008"Theeodore Pierce" (Gene Wilder, who also wrote the screenplay and served as the movie's director) is a happily married man who is entering his mid-life crisis. He begins of thinking of having an affair, especially after seeing a beautiful woman (Kelly LeBrock) dressed from head to toe in red.
He begins to pursue this mysterious woman, who eventually begins to work for the company he is employed by for an advertising campaign. However, while trying to avoid a secretary (Gilda Radner) who he accidentally makes a date with.
Believe it or not, this was the first ever movie rated PG-13 by the Motion Picture Associated of America. However, the rating couldn't help this one.
I felt little to no chemistry between any of the cast. Wilder and Judith Ivey, who played his wife, had no chemistry that made it feel as if they were not just happily married, but married for a long time. I also felt that there was very little chemistry between Wilder and those who played his group of friends.
Sadly, Wilder and LeBrock only had a little chemistry. If you ask me, the weakness in the lead roles scenes together was Wilder. LeBrock, who appears in one of her two most famous movie roles in this movie, appears to be more relaxed than Wilder did. It was obvious that he played the character to be somewhat uncomfortable when around her, but it just didn't feel right to me for some reason.
Also, Radner was completely wrong for her role. She was a good comic, especially during her time in "Saturday Night Live", but she just was not that funny in this role. She couldn't even help set up jokes correctly.
I also felt the jokes were forced. During the "Blind Man" bit, you just knew what was going to happen just as the scene opens. There are other scenes where the jokes just fell flat.
One thing that was wonderful was the music, mainly performed by music legend Stevie Wonder. I remember two songs from the soundtrack, "Don't Drive Drunk", which was oddly placed in the movie since the scene had no drunk driving, and the Academy Award winner, "I Just Called to Say I Love You", which is still a great romantic song. If you ask me, the soundtrack is better than jokes.
You would think that there would be adventure in pursing an extra-marital affair that could have brought some laughs to this movie. However, that doesn't happen here.
I would say that the next time you go to the local video rental shop and can't find anything to watch, you could rent this one. But, I wouldn't put this on a "Must See" list. -
MCT:May 26, 2008
A light-hearted comedy with Gene Wilder becoming obsessed with the title character played by sexy Kelly Le Brock
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MCT:April 26, 2008This flic was from the time when life was good, before the market crash, so everyone drove porsches and had beautiful women. Pretty lighthearted (what did you expect with Gene Wilder) but some great laughs too.
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MCT:February 21, 2008
Slow moving and not very funny. Gene Wilder is thoroughly unlikeable as the sex-obsessed executive lusting after a woman he glimpses only one, despite the fact that he is married. Ultimately he finds that the woman is indeed unobtainable.
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MCT:June 19, 2007If not for Kelly LeBrock, this would have been unwatchable. It was unwatchable anyway even with her, but at least she makes it tolerable for 22 seconds.
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MCT:June 18, 2007
Kind of "soft-porn", especially since I was quite young when I first watched this. Can't recall much about the storyline though but I'm sure it's wasn't worth remembering.
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MCT:May 31, 2007
Tacky 80s farce in which middle aged exec Gene Wilder suffers a mid life crisis and sets off in pursuit of a model. Sleazy and desperately unfunny.
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MCT:May 1, 2007Wilder is a man who becomes obsessed with the Woman in Red (LeBrock). Its putting a strain on his married life. Meanwhile his wife finds out about this obsession and is out to teach her hubby a lesson. But finally Wilder gets the Woman in Red, and things do not turn out the way he planned. Very funny movie, and you get to see more of Kelly LeBrock then you expect in the bedroom scene ;)
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MCT:February 26, 2007One of the few "romantic comedies" I love. Wilder is hysterical in this one, especially his scenes with Gilda Radner. The "Ooooh, my heart. Ouch" heart attack scene and the stalling tactics used to think up excuses are some of the best comedic acting I've ever seen. Wilder Rocks!
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MCT:January 2, 2007
A Gene Wilder fan would like this sort of film. This may not be one of his favorites but it is still a good film. You can always enjoy his good wit, and funny reactions and his great geeky humor towards a beautiful woman.
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MCT:November 12, 2006
Such a comical movie, Gene Wilder is great as the fumbling character who falls for the 'perfect woman' even though he is married. Very amusing.
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Gene Wilder is hilariously stumbling an bumbling for { be still my beating heart} Kelly LeBrock see also Weird Science( boy toy)
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MCT:April 18, 2006
Gene Wilder is only slightly funny. He's weird looking. But Kelly LeBrock married Stephen Segal. So i guesss it's all alright?
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