The Man Who Loved Women

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Joey H Jan 3 Ok, apparently people are watching this and thinking it is a serious movie. This is a comedy and it won't play well if you don't realize that. Burt's character is a very successful artist who travels around the world to do large sculpture installations, and he has a very easy time meeting women. One day, he sees a pair of legs that are so good, he can't think about anything else and his work stalls. So he needs to see a psychiatrist. The movie starts at a funeral procession for his funeral, with his dozens and dozens of lovers mourning his passing, and the story is retold by his psychiatrist who also had become one of his many lovers. The whole thing is deadpan and subtle, but pretty hilarious if you realize that they're joking the entire time. It is mostly tasteful; not just showing this guy on a rampage of women, but more just showing his day to day struggles in thinking about women and the minute details of chasing them. The entire predicament he's experiencing -having so many women chasing you -would be the dream of many men. But for him, he's exhausted and in a serious life/work crisis. The film isn't for everyone but you'll like it if you're into off beat and deadpan/sarcasm. You'll also like it if you're an artist or writer and can relate to writers block or creativity struggles. The fact that critics thought it was a serious movie is astonishing. And also speaks to how good the deadpan is. I'm not saying it'll knock your socks off, but you could really enjoy it if you have eclectic taste and understand sarcasm. See more 01/03/2016 Remarkable man's death is mourned by dozens of past lovers. It seems he possessed an extraordinary capacity to love women although most of his time is spent on psychotherapist's couch recounting these past relationships. Not sure what the overall point is; like most of Blake Edwards' films, time has not been overly kind. See more 10/12/2015 This Blake Edwards film can't be described as Burt's most demanding role as a man who details his obsession with women to his female psychiatrist. Limp story makes you wish Burt stuck with the action films as Reynolds' character is mostly pathetic. Not quite sure if this would fall into the comedy or drama genre, never a good sign. See more 08/11/2015 Weak remake, unimaginatively filmed. See more 04/19/2015 skip his weak remake and catch Truffaut's 1977 comedy of the same name. See more 04/28/2014 Directed by Blake Edwards, who had come off both critical plaudits for Victor/Victoria (1982), but also critical backlash and lawsuits for Trail of the Pink Panther (1982) and Curse of the Pink Panther (1983), picked himself back up with a new deal at Columbia Pictures and this remake of François Truffaut's 1977 French film of the same name. Some parts work, but most of it doesn't. David Fowler (Burt Reynolds) is a sculptor who has been having affairs with more than one woman, but this has left David artistically and sexually impotent. He tells all this to his attractive yet frigid psychiatrist Marianna (Julie Andrews), who is our narrator. He's had an affair with Texan heiress Louise (Kim Basinger), and they have sex in public places. There's also Agnes (Marilu Henner), whose legs David fell in love with first. But David soon finds himself falling in love with Marianna, who is resistant to his charms, but she soon falls for him. It should have been perfect comic material for Blake Edwards, who had tackled this sort of thing in 10 (1979), but it feels a bit forced and stale, and it's incredible dated, as this film was made before AIDS became news. See more Read all reviews

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