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      Making Mr. Right

      PG-13 1987 1 hr. 38 min. Comedy List
      56% 16 Reviews Tomatometer 35% 1,000+ Ratings Audience Score Workaholic scientist Jeff Peters (John Malkovich) invents a human-like android named Ulysses, a near-perfect replica of himself with the ability to learn how to mimic and reciprocate human emotion. Unfortunately, the misanthropic Peters doesn't care for other people himself, so he brings in sassy public relations expert Frankie Stone (Ann Magnuson) to teach Ulysses how to schmooze so that Congress will fund his research. Unexpectedly, Frankie and Ulysses find themselves falling in love. Read More Read Less

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      Audience Member It's hard to meet mr. right but even tougher making him right Susan Seidelman, director of 'Desperately Seeking Susan' makes a romantic comedy meets robotic science starring John Malkovich and Ann Magnusun Public relations expert Frankie Stone has a great career, good friend, and an understanding mother to a degree Yet she's not so lucky finding a man Then a scientist Jeff Peters invents the Ulysses Android for Chemtech Laboratory to be the ultimate service android looking for radiation, space travel, and safety Frankie is more used to promoting people not hardware but this could prove good for her career Peters is hoping Congress will fund his research Yet the android looks exactly like Peters and although he's specifically designed to follow orders like a machine by mimicking and reciprocating human emotion he ends up falling in love with her From then on it complicated things for both of them There's barely any huge laughs going on in this and there's not too many scenes of Ulysses and Frankie together Less than the sum of its parts but tries its best to act as a quirky love story Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 04/11/24 Full Review Adam E Being John Malkovich wouldn't be too bad, if it weren't for Making Mr. Right. Now, don't get me wrong, I'm all for silly movies involving Malkovich and defective robot clones but only as long as they reach guilty pleasure heights. Parts of Making Mr Right definitely qualify. Take the scene where the android's butt ends up on his belly button: great but oh so short. Unfortunately, the film just doesn't live up to its pleasantly absurd premise. Too much time is spent with Ann Magnuson's Frankie as she's putting on make-up/going to meetings/driving around when we were promised early on an android with awesome super powers. Needless to say that once Malkovich's robotic man-child finally leaves the lab to face the real world, nothing particularly exciting happens. We get to see him hang around a mall, buy a suit and get together with some side character off-camera. The film builds up to a wedding, which doesn't feel important to the plot in the slightest. Who is getting married you ask? One of Frankie's friends we only met once very briefly. Great. Imagine having John Malkovich in your robot double movie and THIS is what the film decides to focus on. Granted, there's a space shuttle at one point but stock footage doesn't count. Malkovich is great and seeing him with so much hair is a near religious experience. He plays dual parts effortlessly and takes the opportunity to practice for his part in Of Mice And Men. His characters are shamefully misused, however, as the film settles for watered-down rom-com clichés rather than Inspector Gadget-style man-bot hijinks. That Making Mr. Right is THIS forgotten of a movie makes a lot of sense seeing as it's a thoroughly forgettable film. The dire storyline is fatally uninspired, it takes way too long for anything to happen and when it finally does it's just not what it needed to be. On the plus side, there are a few genuinely fun moments and the film is definitely watchable. Odd movie to exist but ok. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 11/07/23 Full Review jon c It's hard to meet mr. right but even tougher making him right Susan Seidelman, director of 'Desperately Seeking Susan' makes a romantic comedy meets robotic science starring John Malkovich and Ann Magnusun Public relations expert Frankie Stone has a great career, good friend, and an understanding mother to a degree Yet she's not so lucky finding a man Then a scientist Jeff Peters invents the Ulysses Android for Chemtech Laboratory to be the ultimate service android looking for radiation, space travel, and safety Frankie is more used to promoting people not hardware but this could prove good for her career Peters is hoping Congress will fund his research Yet the android looks exactly like Peters and although he's specifically designed to follow orders like a machine by mimicking and reciprocating human emotion he ends up falling in love with her From then on it complicated things for both of them There's barely any huge laughs going on in this and there's not too many scenes of Ulysses and Frankie together Less than the sum of its parts but tries its best to act as a quirky love story Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member I've watched this movie several times over the years. Although it appears to have mixed reception with critics, I found this to be a very funny movie and the comedic acting was great - especially the character of Sandy. If you haven't seen this, and want to watch something entertaining and fun, check this one out! Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/12/23 Full Review Audience Member Truly delightful and not to be taken too seriously. I loved this movie. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/25/23 Full Review Audience Member Materialistic 80s feminist falls in love with an android (robot not what is now referred to as a phone) . Rated 1 out of 5 stars 02/19/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Henry Sheehan Chicago Reader With one eye on contemporary life, and another on life the way she’d like to see it, Susan Seidelman is in the mode of a classic satirist. But she’s an amiable one. Rated: 3/4 May 9, 2022 Full Review Janet Maslin New York Times Adds up to somewhat less than the sum of its parts, but the parts are often delightful, particularly when Ms. Seidelman keeps them moving at a sufficiently furious pace. Rated: 3/5 May 20, 2003 Full Review Rita Kempley Washington Post Screenwriters Floyd Byars and Laurie Frank's flapjack-flat characters meander through a slack plot that aims to address love between life-forms. Jan 1, 2000 Full Review Jeffrey M. Anderson Combustible Celluloid It starts with a silly idea, but it gets under the surface with some genuinely funny and touching human moments. Rated: 3/4 May 20, 2023 Full Review David Nusair Reel Film Reviews Filmmaker Susan Seidelman has infused Making Mr. Right with a funky, irreverent feel that ultimately does prove rather difficult to resist... Rated: 3.5/4 Nov 20, 2019 Full Review Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com The film's fake feminist message is at its most cyncial: Real men are repulsive but androids (created by women) are sweet, sensitive, and open-minded. Rated: C Dec 26, 2006 Full Review Read all reviews

      Movie Info

      Synopsis Workaholic scientist Jeff Peters (John Malkovich) invents a human-like android named Ulysses, a near-perfect replica of himself with the ability to learn how to mimic and reciprocate human emotion. Unfortunately, the misanthropic Peters doesn't care for other people himself, so he brings in sassy public relations expert Frankie Stone (Ann Magnuson) to teach Ulysses how to schmooze so that Congress will fund his research. Unexpectedly, Frankie and Ulysses find themselves falling in love.
      Director
      Susan Seidelman
      Executive Producer
      Dan Enright, Susan Seidelman
      Screenwriter
      Floyd Byars, Laurie Frank
      Production Co
      Orion Pictures
      Rating
      PG-13
      Genre
      Comedy
      Original Language
      English
      Release Date (DVD)
      Jan 7, 2003
      Box Office (Gross USA)
      $444.8K
      Sound Mix
      Surround