I have always been a loyal fan of the show "Friends." I always love Matthew Perry's sarcastic portrayal of Chandler Bing. He is a highly talented comic actor, who delivers the funniest lines with this deadpan sarcasm, which is most special because it doesn't appear as if he's going for a laugh, making the dialogue even funnier. If you love Matthew Perry on "Friends" you should love him in this movie! He pretty much portrays the same character, only under a different name. This time he's Oscar Novak.
Like I say about most comedies of recent years, "Three to Tango" is designed like a sitcom and geared towards sitcom pay-offs. However, those pay-offs are only occasionally cheap. Which is the same thing I can say about "Friends." I often got big laughs watching these outrageously exaggerated, though extremely funny, comic sequences. Perry has some memorably hilarious lines. There's a scene where he struts past a row of photos, which all display men and women's backsides with flags of different countries painted on them. Perry goes up to a random woman and points to one of the photos, commenting "I never knew things were so hairy in Bosnia."
This is another one of those films that involves a woman in a relationship with a total jerk, and you can't help but think to yourself "What the hell was she doing with him in the first place?" In this case, the woman is Neve Campbell and the jerk is Dylan McDermott. That's one of the minor flaws, among others, that impair a comedy like this. Sure, the film is structured around a shaky plot. But when I watch a comedy and I'm laughing this hard...the other elements are easily excusable.
I also have to give a hand to the supporting cast. Oliver Platt is terrific and never falls into the homosexual stereotype, yet his character is still thoroughly believable.
"Three to Tango" has the intelligence and wit of a TV sitcom, but a damn funny sitcom. Just imagine "Friends"--hopefully being as much of a fan of the show as I am--with different characters and actors (except for Perry) and just as many laughs. I was laughing the whole way through, and totally regarded the formulaic, predictable plot.
Three cheers for "Three to Tango"!!!
My score: 7 (out of 10)
Like I say about most comedies of recent years, "Three to Tango" is designed like a sitcom and geared towards sitcom pay-offs. However, those pay-offs are only occasionally cheap. Which is the same thing I can say about "Friends." I often got big laughs watching these outrageously exaggerated, though extremely funny, comic sequences. Perry has some memorably hilarious lines. There's a scene where he struts past a row of photos, which all display men and women's backsides with flags of different countries painted on them. Perry goes up to a random woman and points to one of the photos, commenting "I never knew things were so hairy in Bosnia."
This is another one of those films that involves a woman in a relationship with a total jerk, and you can't help but think to yourself "What the hell was she doing with him in the first place?" In this case, the woman is Neve Campbell and the jerk is Dylan McDermott. That's one of the minor flaws, among others, that impair a comedy like this. Sure, the film is structured around a shaky plot. But when I watch a comedy and I'm laughing this hard...the other elements are easily excusable.
I also have to give a hand to the supporting cast. Oliver Platt is terrific and never falls into the homosexual stereotype, yet his character is still thoroughly believable.
"Three to Tango" has the intelligence and wit of a TV sitcom, but a damn funny sitcom. Just imagine "Friends"--hopefully being as much of a fan of the show as I am--with different characters and actors (except for Perry) and just as many laughs. I was laughing the whole way through, and totally regarded the formulaic, predictable plot.
Three cheers for "Three to Tango"!!!
My score: 7 (out of 10)