Three on a Couch

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Three on a Couch

1966

1h 49m

Comedy

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Christopher Pride (Jerry Lewis) has been offered an important commission in Paris but can't convince his girlfriend, Dr. Elizabeth Acord (Janet Leigh), to take some time off from her psychiatric practice. Elizabeth is worried about three of her female patients, all of whom are extremely hostile toward men and very needy. Christopher, anxious to leave for France, decides to impersonate the ideal man for each of Elizabeth's patients, in hopes of lessening their dependency on her.

Bosley Crowther

New York Times

The trouble with Mr. Lewis's impersonations is that he's done them all so many times, in one or more variations, that anyone who's seen two of his films has pretty well seen all of them -- or seen as much as Mr. Lewis is given to project.

May 9, 2005

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Eric Henderson

Slant Magazine

Three on a Couch is a film that flies any number of directions.

Rated: 3.5/4

Nov 1, 2004

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Jean-Louis Comolli

Cahiers du Cinéma

Here, then, is the most "constructed" of Lewis' films, the one in which the comic system marries best the dramatic system.

Mar 4, 2021

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Dennis Schwartz

Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews

The only thing funny about this pic is Jerry's stilted performance.

Rated: C-

Mar 20, 2008

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s r

Weak and cliche. I struggled through this on TCM.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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Some charming aspects of the king of comedy shine through in this film and prove jerry lewis was an actor with real range.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/01/23

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Outside of the never released "The Day the Clown Cried" I'd always heard this was one of Jerry's worst films, but it really wasn't that bad. I'll give Jerry credit for trying to do something outside of his "Kid" character that he was starting to get too old for. This story has the more mature storyline of Jerry wanting to marry psychiatrist girlfriend Janet Leigh, but Janet won't leave to go to Paris until her three female patients are all cured. Their common problem is that they all have romantic problems and don't trust men, so Jerry then takes on three different personas to help all three get over their woman problems. That's where the film goes wrong. What might have been an acceptable Doris Day/Rock Husdon story premiss ends up with broad Jerry Lewis characters that are sadly, not all that funny or if they are, it's awkwardly or unintentionally funny. However, it didn't seem quite a terrible as I'd heard it was. The film also features James Best (Rosco P. Coltrane in his film debut) and Kathleen Freeman, Buddy Lester, and Scatman Crothers in an uncredited role as a party guest.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

01/31/23

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Audience Member

another so-so rom-com

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

01/21/23

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It's a bit slow to develop but the third act of the film is fantastic. The party scene almost rivals the one in Playtime.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

01/26/23

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another jerry movie i saw the last quarter of. need to see the beginning and middle now. i'll give it a 6/10 with intentions to see the rest of it

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/20/23

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Christopher Pride

Janet Leigh

Dr. Elizabeth Acord

Mary Ann Mobley

Susan Manning

Gila Golan

Anna Jacque

Leslie Parrish

Mary Lou Mauve

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Synopsis

Christopher Pride (Jerry Lewis) has been offered an important commission in Paris but can't convince his girlfriend, Dr. Elizabeth Acord (Janet Leigh), to take some time off from her psychiatric practice. Elizabeth is worried about three of her female patients, all of whom are extremely hostile toward men and very needy. Christopher, anxious to leave for France, decides to impersonate the ideal man for each of Elizabeth's patients, in hopes of lessening their dependency on her.

Director: Jerry Lewis
Producer: Jerry Lewis
Production Co: Columbia Pictures Corporation
Genre: Comedy
Original Language: English
Runtime: 1h 49m