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02/09/06
Making Mr. Right (1987)
43 %
Reviews Counted: 14 Fresh: 6 Rotten:8 Average Rating: 4.8/10
Runtime: 1 hr 51 mins
Synopsis: A public relations wizard is hired to sell our country on the idea of sending an android into space. But while in the process of learning more about the subject, she surprisingly falls in love with the placid machine. A blank slate emotionally, he offers her a golden opportunity to mold "the... [More]
Genre: Comedies
Starring: John Malkovich, Ann Magnuson, Glenne Headly, Ben Masters, Polly Bergen
Director: Susan Seidelman
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05/24/03
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The film's fake feminist message is at its most cyncial: Real men are repulsive but androids (created by women) are sweet, sensitive, and open-minded.
12/26/06
One of the more enjoyable of the indie comedies of the 80s, as much a product of its time as Woodstock was of its own.
03/09/04
Just like any other saturated formula, its joke wears thin after the first hour or so.
01/26/04
Adds up to somewhat less than the sum of its parts, but the parts are often delightful, particularly when Ms. Seidelman keeps them moving at a sufficiently furious pace.
05/20/03
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01/01/00
Screenwriters Floyd Byars and Laurie Frank's flapjack-flat characters meander through a slack plot that aims to address love between life-forms.
01/01/00
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