Andy-Richter Movie Reviews

Gere is great. Nice to see Shelley Long in a movie again. Tara Reid was kind of wasted (she is very talented). Liked the themes that were being dealt with in the movie, but my god what an awful ending! One of the worst endings I have ever seen. I know what it was trying to say but it was such a cop out, and it left hanging quite a great deal with all the characters we had come to know throughout the course of the film. This is one of those movies where I can understand why my friends don't like Altman. *See Nashville, The Long Goodbye, The Player. Those are his best films.

Disappointment is the only word that comes to mind while writing this review. I had such high hopes for this ensemble piece including such favorites as Helen Hunt and Richard Gere and rising starlets Tara Reid and Kate Hudson. I liked the setting, the characters, and the basic idea. The movie just didn't live up to its potential. All we see is a bunch of scenes from Dr. T's life. We observe the many eccentric characters of Dr. T's family--Tara Reid as the JFK conspiracy-obsessed daughter, Kate Hudson as the Dallas Cowboys wannabe cheerleader/lesbian daughter, and Laura Dern as the drunk, crazy hat-wearing sister-in-law. Most pathetic in the family is Dr. T's wife (Farrah Fawcett), a woman who suffers from the Hestia complex and has consequently reverted to childlike behavior. She supposedly suffers from this complex due to the "overwhelming amount of affection her husband has shown her." I find this hard to believe, since Dr. T's daughters can hardly have five minutes of conversation with him without some kind of distraction. The only redeeming quality of the film is Dr. T's hilarious nurse, Shelly Long. The scenes in the waiting room are top-notch! Total chaos and LOUDNESS abound the room as Shelly Long tries to keep the "fillies from getting restless". Even funnier are the number of women fighting to be the first in line for Dr. T's gynecological equipment! Yet, even these few humorous scenes aren't enought to save this film from drowning. The final scene does not even attempt to wrap up this movie. In the end, we're merely left with a bunch of interesting acquaintances and even though the movie is pretty horrible, we can only hope for a sequal to wrap up this unfinished mess.

Early on in the movie, Farrah strips all of her clothes off and dances around in a huge fountain at the mall, baring it all. Come on, that's worth the price of the DVD (and the DVD player) alone, even if our former Angel is a little, ehum, past her prime. Seriously, I can't believe all the bad reviews. I thought it was cute with some deep stuff. Not all together believable at times, but the cast was great, the plot funny but a little light, and I enjoy watching it about once a month. Dr. T is Dallas' leading gynocologist and of course all of the women in town are in love with him, his patients, his office manager, everyone, though wife Farrah cracks up and ends up in the nuthouse because, apparently, her life has been so perfect she loses her mind. Apart from the fountain scene, Farrah is hardly in it. Dr. T has to deal with nutty broads after him, romances Helen Hunt and has to deal with nut-case daughter's wedding. I thought it was funny and cute with a few serious moments. Nothing great, but it did not drag and I liked it alot. Don't forget, Farrah all nude in a fountain.