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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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Reviews for The Ladies Man

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Full Review Source: Urban Cinefile | comment Comment
12/17/01
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Urban Cinefile

Yet another awful Saturday Night Live movie.

Full Review Source: Radio Free Entertainment | comment Comment
09/30/01
Andrew Manning
Andrew Manning
Radio Free Entertainment

Reminds us why creative bankruptcy should be a capital offence.

Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com | comment Comment
07/26/01
Andrew Howe
Andrew Howe
eFilmCritic.com

A few solid punch lines get lost amid the stupidity.

Full Review Source: Apollo Guide | comment Comment
06/19/01
Scott Weinberg
Scott Weinberg
Apollo Guide
N/R

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Full Review Source: Anchorage Press | comment Comment
06/11/01
Marc Savlov
Marc Savlov
Anchorage Press
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Full Review Source: Movieline | comment Comment
04/16/01
Movieline
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Meadows takes the cheerfully lewd Leon Phelps to the big screen without the help of viagra in The Ladies Man.

Full Review Source: WBAI Web Radio | comment Comment
03/24/01
Prairie Miller
Prairie Miller
WBAI Web Radio

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Full Review Source: Laramie Movie Scope | comment Comment
01/01/01
Robert Roten
Robert Roten
Laramie Movie Scope

Never should have been made.

Full Review Source: E! Online | comment Comment
01/01/00
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01/01/00
Ebert & Roeper
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For what it is, a 90-minute spinoff of a Saturday Night Live sketch, Reginald Hudlin's film The Ladies Man is not bad.

Full Review Source: New York Times | comment Comment
01/01/00
A.O. Scott
A.O. Scott
New York Times
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As the plot points arrive, they're all stretched to the max. Even the film's most unexpected bit ... goes on and on and on.

Full Review Source: Atlanta Journal-Constitution | comment Comment
01/01/00
Bob Longino
Bob Longino
Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Somewhat more ingratiating than most of these inflated skits have managed to be. That doesn't quite make it a feature film.

Full Review Source: Los Angeles Daily News | comment Comment
01/01/00
Bob Strauss
Bob Strauss
Los Angeles Daily News

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Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com | comment Comment
01/01/00
Collin Souter
Collin Souter
eFilmCritic.com

Leon is just never very funny.

Full Review Source: Nitrate Online | comment Comment
01/01/00
Cynthia Fuchs
Cynthia Fuchs
Nitrate Online

You Should Pay Nine Bucks to See This If: For some bizarre reason you can't wait until this pops up on cable at a friend's house where you can get drunk and watch it for free.

Full Review Source: IFilm | comment Comment
01/01/00
Dave White
Dave White
IFilm

Has neither the laughs of Roxbury nor the heart of Superstar, exposing itself as merely a very shallow and forgettable comedy.

Full Review Source: DustinPutman.com | comment Comment
01/01/00
Dustin Putman
Dustin Putman
DustinPutman.com

While Meadows is likable and often makes his lines a little funnier than they should be, the film is still chock-full of dreadfully, painfully, grossly unfunny moments.

Full Review Source: EricDSnider.com | comment Comment
01/01/00
Eric D. Snider
Eric D. Snider
EricDSnider.com

Pointless, sporadically funny exercise.

Full Review Source: Houston Chronicle | comment Comment
01/01/00
Eric Harrison
Eric Harrison
Houston Chronicle
 
 
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