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Choose Me
on DVD (1984)
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Brief synopsis of Choose Me
This critically praised sleeper stars Genevieve Bujold as Dr. Nancy Love, a romance-phobic radio sex therapist who inadvertently becomes roommates with Eve (Lesley Ann Warren), a sexually uninhibited bar owner and one of Dr. Love's frequent callers. Handsome, smooth-talking mental patient Mickey (Keith Carradine) comes to the bar and proceeds to woo and confuse both women as well as an aspiring poetess, Pearl (Rae Dawn Chong), who suspects Nancy is having an affair with her abusive French husband, Zack (Patrick Bachau). As the wild nights progress, all the women find themselves drawn to the mysterious Mickey, arousing the wrath of Zack and ensuring hilarious, moving, and thought-provoking moments. It's a dreamy concoction of sex, love, and brilliant dialogue, all wrapped up in a purposely artificial neon-drenched atmosphere with deliriously romantic music from soul crooner Teddy Pendergrass. Filled with neat performances and cockeyed grace, CHOOSE ME was a career-defining hit for director Alan Rudolph, who would go on to make acclaimed films such as MRS. PARKER AND THE VICIOUS CIRCLE and AFTERGLOW.
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Radio Times
A languid psychological mosaic from writer/director Alan Rudolph, whose films resemble a slowed-down version of his mentor, Robert Altman's. In the neon-lit bar that is the focal point of this comedy-drama, the main characters are the bar's owner (Lesley Ann Warren) and a radio agony aunt (Geneviève Bujold). Both offer sex, but are neurotically frustrated until newcomer Mickey (Keith Carradine) becomes the man in their lives. Alan Rudolph's work is an acquired taste; once acquired, though, it's addictive.
New York Times
"...A free-flowing meditation on love, commitment, jealousy, radio call-in shows and just about anything else....[Carradine is] sexy, insistent..."
Variety
"...Offbeat, original and entertaining, CHOOSE ME emerges as a truly novel film with strong appeal for hip audiences and beyond..."
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