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astrosheil [ 5.0 ]
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Matthew Perry could be another Jack Lemmon. He deserves better. But this movie with its condescending attitude to gay people made all the characters less than likeable. I was too irritated to be entertained.
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DokBrowne [ 7.0 ]
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After its critical roasting last fall, the conformist side of me expected not to favor this (thus explaining why I missed it in theaters in light of my initial desire to do otherwise), but as a devoted disciple of Neve Campbell's, I am compelled to give all her work a chance. Lucky me, because "Three to Tango" was unexpectedly funny and contagiously good-natured. Matthew Perry, whose pratfall "Friends" routine gets wearisome (and wasn't entirely successful in "The Whole Nine Yards"), seems to finally get his big-screen act together, resulting in a Perry performance that is thoroughly likable, and his nutty loser persona leads to tons more laughs than he got in the Bruce Willis flick or his earlier "Fools Rush In". Like that 1996 romance, though, he has a genuinely talented and beautiful love interest to work off. Seriously, Neve is above and beyond. Most of her pouty "Party of Five" baggage is shed in far preferable favor of a happy, fun-loving person. Quite a refreshment to see the actress putting her splendorous smile to so much use in only 98 minutes. And stereotypes aside, the script was in no way the gay-bashing horror show I heard it was. Like most movies that milk gay jokes, this one ultimately embraces the lifestyle. It's not as if Perry's character is upset that everyone thinks he's gay because he's homophobic or has that childish mentality that it's "gross"...the plot specifies that it's a problem for him because he wants to build a romantic relationship with Campbell, but can't for those obvious reasons. Whatever. It's all amusing (including, I should add, forever-cool Oliver Platt, but excluding forever-smug Dylan McDermott), frequently clever but primarily conventional, happy-ending escapism, the best kind of moviemaking if you ask me. And just try to resist Neve's hypnotic seductiveness (a rhetorical challenge, I should clarify to smart-ass cynics; my point is that she epitomizes the virtues of the romantic comedy heroine)
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hajj_jr. [ 6.0 ]
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I had my share of laugh with the movie. Matthew Perry (Oscar Novak)blindly seen as gay ride with the tide just to get a $90M resto project with a tycoon who at the end was a closet wimp, a gay running back, slapstick act after another, falling heavily with the tycoon mistress (Scream's Neve Campbell)whom he supposed to spy on. Romantic comedies are supposed to be fun and sentimental, the movie passes to it expectations.
Though sequence were expected especially the acceptance at the near end was a bit dumb...and proven that he may really be gay! A real man should seize the moment even when he's being trampled down. Oscar Novak had the chance after the mistress met the real wife...he can't kiss awwww c'mon realistically any man in that situation will burn with the passion!
Over all it was fun, I just hope we'll see another movie ... a much improved movie with this kind.
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shanster [ 6.5 ]
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Pretty amusing, in spite of the "Three's company"-style storyline. Pretending to be gay to somehow get ahead? Only in Hollywood. Probably fairly offensive to some gay folks, but pretty funny in general.
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babyduck [ 7.0 ]
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Standard plotline of BBG (boy, boy, girl), boy1 going out with girl, but boy1 is an asshole, boy2 is somehow seen as gay and thus safe with girl, but he's not and falls in love with girl.
The storyline is old and nothing is new in the plot (all the plot twists are detwisted in forseeable places), the only thing that saves this film from total destruction is Oliver Platt and Neve Campbell.
Unfortunately Matthew Perry and Dylan Mcdermott give so-so performances - I guess they are much more effective in their small screen roles. And has Matthew Perry done anything on the big screen worth remembering? All his roles seem to force him to use physical comedy as a cover for his seemingly mediocre acting skills. Judging from his performances on "Friends" he seems so much more capable than that but has yet to breakthrough with something memorable on the big screen.
Oh and the editing in the film was more than competent - interesting scene transitions are peppered through the film. Evidently they had great editors but mediocre writers.
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| Weighted Rating | : 6.4 |
| No. Ratings | : 8 | |
| No. Reviews | : 6 | |
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