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Hugo Pool

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Hugo Pool (1997)

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Reviews Counted: 7 Fresh: 1  Rotten:6 Average Rating: 3.9/10
Runtime: 1 hr 34 mins
Synopsis:
Scantily clad L.A. pool cleaner Hugo Duguay (Milano) encounters all manner of bizarre and deviant characters while on a mission to fill the pool of a kvetchy Mafioso. This ensemble effort from cult director Downey (Sr., of "Putney Swope" fame) cuts close to home, with Downey Jr. cast as a... [More]
Scantily clad L.A. pool cleaner Hugo Duguay (Milano) encounters all manner of bizarre and deviant characters while on a mission to fill the pool of a kvetchy Mafioso. This ensemble effort from cult director Downey (Sr., of "Putney Swope" fame) cuts close to home, with Downey Jr. cast as a violent filmmaker and Dempsey as the love interest, who is afflicted with Lou Gehrig's Disease (the same ailment which claimed the life of Downey's wife, who co-scripted). [Less]

Genre: Comedies

Starring: Alyssa Milano, Patrick Dempsey, Robert Downey, Richard Lewis, Malcolm McDowell

Director: Robert Downey
Producer: Barbara Ligeti
Screenwriter: Robert Downey, Laura Ernst
Composer: Danilo Perez

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Feb 12, 2008

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The best thing about this bizarre love story (follie de grandeur) between a female pool cleaner and immobile man in wheelchair is that it puts icon Robert Downey behind the camera after long absence; with some luck Patrick Dempsey should become a lead man

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Emanuel Levy
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The bottom of the pool.

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Interesting -- but not riveting -- slice of life in Southern California.

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