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The Ladies Man

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The Ladies Man (2000)

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Reviews Counted:65

Fresh:7

Rotten:58

Average Rating:3.1/10

Consensus: The Ladies Man joins the growing list of mediocre movies based on SNL skits. It just doesn't have enough material to last the length of the movie.

Runtime: 84 mins

Genre: Comedies

Synopsis: After years of playing supporting roles, SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE veteran Tim Meadows finally makes the leap to the big screen with this outrageous comedy, based on a popular sketch from the television... After years of playing supporting roles, SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE veteran Tim Meadows finally makes the leap to the big screen with this outrageous comedy, based on a popular sketch from the television show. Meadows is the hysterically exaggerated Leon Phelps, a smooth-talking, lisping, sex-loving skirt chaser, whose every line is even more crass and politically incorrect than the one before it. Just when everything seems to be sailing along smoothly, Phelps is fired from his job as a radio talk show host for making inappropriate comments on the air. As he searches for a new job with his too-good-to-be-true producing partner Julie (Karyn Parsons), he receives a letter from a woman claiming he is her true love. The only problem is that he can't figure out which of his many conquests she happens to be. By the time an angry mob of jealous husbands--led by the Greco-Roman wrestling Lance DeLune (Will Ferrell)--catches up with him, he has decided once and for all who he really wants. Meadows's obvious affection for his character shines through in THE LADIES MAN, providing the film with a surprising amount of sweetness. In addition to many SNL regulars, Julianne Moore appears briefly as a horny clown with an insatiable appetite for The Ladies Man. [More]

Starring: Tim Meadows, Will Ferrell, Tiffani-Amber Thiessen, Billy Dee Williams

Starring: Tim Meadows, Will Ferrell, Tiffani-Amber Thiessen, Billy Dee Williams, Lee Evans, Kevin McDonald, Karyn Parsons, John Witherspoon

Director: Reginald Hudlin

Director: Reginald Hudlin
Screenwriter: Tim Meadows, Dennis McNicholas, Andrew Steele
Studio: Paramount Pictures

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The director wants his film to be as smooth and as infectious as the funkadelic music he highlights throughout, but a string of bad decisions prevents that from happening.

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10/18/07
Christopher Smith
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Bangor Daily News (Maine)

Just when you thought they couldn't get worse, Saturday Night Live-based movies hit a new low.

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A putrid mess...simultaneously vulgar and boring.

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...Hampered as much by the film's third-rate script as Meadows's own weakness as an actor.

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Used to be Halloween was the scariest event each October. Recently, the most horrifying thing is the release of another comedy based on a Saturday Night Live sketch.

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