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Doctor T. And The Women
2000
Robert Altman follows up the good-natured COOKIE'S FORTUNE with this biting satire of an upper-class elitist Dallas community. Richard Gere plays Sullivan 'Sully' Travis (better known as Dr. T), a man whose good looks and overflowing charm have made him the most popular gynecologist in all of Texas. Things begin to go wrong for .. Read more
| Starring | Helen Hunt, Richard Gere, Shelley Long, Laura Dern |
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| Director | Robert Altman |
| Genres | Comedy |
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Doctor T. And The Women
Robert Altman follows up the good-natured COOKIE'S FORTUNE with this biting satire of an upper-class elitist Dallas community. Richard Gere plays Sullivan 'Sully' Travis (better known as Dr. T), a man whose good looks and overflowing charm have made him the most popular gynecologist in all of Texas. Things begin to go wrong for Dr. T when his beautiful wife, Kate (Farrah Fawcett), begins to lose her sanity. He sends her to a mental hospital with the hopes of a full recovery, but her regression into childhood seems to be permanent. Adding to the mass confusion is an unexpected visit from his alcoholic sister-in-law, Peggy (Laura Dern), who brings along her three children, as well as the constant battles between Dr. T's two daughters: the soon-to-be-married Dee Dee (Kate Hudson) and the jealous Connie (Tara Reid). Upon meeting his country club's new assistant golf pro, Bree (Helen Hunt), Dr. T finally feels like he's met his match--a beautiful, independent woman who has no desire to be swept off her feet. Trying to juggle the pressures of his personal and professional life, Dr. T's recent problems culminate on Dee Dee's rain-soaked wedding day. Working again with screenwriter Anne Rapp, Altman closes his sprawling comedy with an utterly outrageous yet genuinely optimistic finale.
| Starring | Helen Hunt, Richard Gere, Shelley Long, Laura Dern, Farrah Fawcett, Liv Tyler, Tara Reid, Kate Hudson, Robert Hays, Matt Malloy, Lee Grant, Janine Turner, Andy Richter |
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| Director | Robert Altman |
| Studio | SONY PICTURES HOME ENTERTAINMENT |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 56 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Comedy |
| Language | DVD: English |
| Released | DVD: 07 Jan 2002 Production year: 2000 |
| Format | DVD |
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"...Richard Gere [gives] the most appealing and probably best performance of his career....The movie takes on some of the ensemble glories of Altman's underrated A WEDDING..." -- 3.5 out of 4 stars
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"...A gently provocative character study and social portrait....Richard Gere's most accessible and sympathetic performance in memory..."
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3 out of 3 people found this review helpful
Richard Gere was never so disappointing
Any film that starts with a doctor peering up the skirts of a simpering old lady wasn't exactly going to appeal to either the male or female UK audience. This whole film seems based on the false premise that we're interested in what goes on in a gynacologists surgery. The result is something that'll make most women cringe and probably men too. Helen Hunts 'love interest' character initially looks promising and easy to empathise with, and we assume its a thread we will follow and relate to, but by the end just leaves us feeling like we've been taken for a ride. The only thing I can imagine this film being famous for is the lesbian relationship portrayed between Kate Hudson and Liv Tylers characters, which jars oddly with the rest of the film. Yet the best performance in the whole thing is Farrah Fawcett playing the demented wife, dancing around a mall naked and generally acting like a real wild child. Whilst the majority of the movie is loosely based on the real world, the ending just looses it completely, seems disjointed from the rest and is in no way a believable conclusion to what is a very ropey story.
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3 out of 3 people found this review helpful
Richard Gere was never so disappointing
Any film that starts with a doctor peering up the skirts of a simpering old lady wasn't exactly going to appeal to either the male or female UK audience. This whole film seems based on the false premise that we're interested in what goes on in a gynacologists surgery. The result is something that'll make most women cringe and probably men too. Helen Hunts 'love interest' character initially looks promising and easy to empathise with, and we assume its a thread we will follow and relate to, but by the end just leaves us feeling like we've been taken for a ride. The only thing I can imagine this film being famous for is the lesbian relationship portrayed between Kate Hudson and Liv Tylers characters, which jars oddly with the rest of the film. Yet the best performance in the whole thing is Farrah Fawcett playing the demented wife, dancing around a mall naked and generally acting like a real wild child. Whilst the majority of the movie is loosely based on the real world, the ending just looses it completely, seems disjointed from the rest and is in no way a believable conclusion to what is a very ropey story.
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Doctor T. And The Women
Robert Altman follows up the good-natured COOKIE'S FORTUNE with this biting satire of an upper-class elitist Dallas community. Richard Gere plays Sullivan 'Sully' Travis (better known as Dr. T), a man whose good looks and overflowing charm have made him the most popular gynecologist in all of Texas....
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