Dr T and the Women (2000)

Note Générale:

4,7/10   

Réalisateur:

Robert Altman

Scénariste (WGA):

Anne Rapp (written by)

Date de sortie:

13 octobre 2000 (USA)

Genre:

Comedie | Romance | Drame

Intrigue:

Dr. Sullivan Travis "Dr. T." is a wealthy Dallas gynecologist for some of the wealthiest women in Texas...

Plot Keywords:

Texas | Gynecologist | Golf | Wedding | Lesbian

Récompenses:

2 nominations

Avis des utilisateurs:

"Dr. P.U."

Ensemble

Richard Gere	...	Dr. T
Helen Hunt	...	Bree
Farrah Fawcett	...	Kate
Laura Dern	...	Peggy
Shelley Long	...	Carolyn
Tara Reid	...	Connie
Kate Hudson	...	Dee Dee
Liv Tyler	...	Marilyn
Robert Hays	...	Harlan
Matt Malloy	...	Bill
Andy Richter	...	Eli
Lee Grant	...	Dr. Harper
Janine Turner	...	Dorothy Chambliss
Holly Pelham	...	Joanne (as Holly Pelham-Davis)
Jeanne Evans	...	First Exam Patient

Autre(s) titre(s):

Dr. T and the Women (Germany) (USA) (alternative spelling)

MPAA:

Rated R for graphic nudity and some sexuality.

Durée:

122 min

Pays:

USA | Allemagne

Langue:

Anglais | Allemand | Espagnol

Couleur:

Couleur

Rapport de forme:

2,35 : 1

Son:

DTS | Dolby Digital

Classification:

Iceland:L | Singapore:M18 | Argentina:13 | Canada:14A (Alberta) | Canada:14 (Nova Scotia) | Canada:G (Quebec) | Chile:14 | Denmark:7 | Finland:K-11 | France:U | Germany:12 (bw) | Hong Kong:IIB | Netherlands:AL | Norway:15 | Peru:14 | Spain:7 | Sweden:15 | Switzerland:12 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:12 (canton of Vaud) | UK:12 | USA:R (certificate #37516) | Canada:PG (British Columbia/Manitoba/Ontario)

Lieux de tournage:

Dallas Arboretum & Botanical Garden - 8617 Garland Road, Dallas, Texas, USA

Société:

Sandcastle 5 Productions

Anecdotes:

The first major Hollywood feature movie to show a medically explicit scene of a baby being born.

Goofs:

Continuité: The webcam on top of the computer monitor on Dr T's receptionist's desk disappears between shots.

Guillemet:

Dr. Sullivan "Sully" Travis, "Dr. T": Nothin' more appealing than a woman who's proud to be in her own body.

Connexions:

Référencé sur The Truth as I Know It (2001) (V)

Bande son:

She's Already Made Up Her Mind

"Dr. P.U."

This is only the second time I've been irritated enough to write a review, the other was "Trixie."

First of all, I'm a fan of "The Player" and of "Short Cuts," among other Altman movies. So when I was at first annoyed and angered by the beginning of this movie, I passed it off to his soon-to-come deeper agenda, which in "Dr. T..." never arrives.

I loathe this movie. Let me count the ways:

1. (Most importantly) We are led to empathize with a man who believes he loves too much, too hard, and hence, the consequences. This, if played out, would be great, as he gets his come-uppance, realizes the self-delusion and that his life and ways with women is a lie. But that's not what happens. We are supposed to feel sorry for and sympathize with him the entire way, even as he cheats, avoids true responsibility and, despite what the ending is supposed to say, never changes. Rather than the boy-birth being a sign of evolution/change/enlightenment, it debunks all that came before, in fact saying that all these women were the problem all along. Instead of being a witty examination of flawed Dallas women, it concludes with a tacked-on non-epiphany, which by its very existence makes everything before it misogynistic, and none of the characters likeable.

2. Watch how many times Altman works in gratuitous nudity, like an 11 yr. old peeping tom. When he shows Janine Turner's derriere-crack, at the end of her scene, it's not Richard Gere following it with his eyes, it's the CAMERA, as if to say, "hey, look at this" -- like a little elbow in our sides.

3. He does the same thing often at the end of scenes, swinging the camera with a wink to pick up a sign, a heavy-handed metaphor or scene-link that is beginning film school pretentious artifice at its worst.

4. The editing and cinematography again is of the film-school variety, and at often times is like a rough cut.

5. Helen Hunt, who for years has been trying to convince us she's newly "sexy," is so self-conscious that we never can buy into any kind of character. I am sick of her flinging her hair.

6. The camera holds so long on the golf sequences, as if to say - "these actors really can play golf," which they really don't very well. But it becomes a call-attention lingering as opposed to a mere setting for dialogue.

7. The overly intrusive soundtrack by Lyle Lovett may be close to the worst in history. Not only does it blot out large sequences of dialogue, and call attention to itself mindlessly at every turn, it actually has lyrics which say exactly what's going on in the scene.

8. The writing and dialogue are extremely sophomoric; very few times do the people seem real in what they're saying, and often they resort to movie cliche-speak.

9. Gere has a few good real moments, but the direction hurts him as well.

10. Altman's trademark "everyone speaking at once," in this movie is contrived and annoying.

11. (And maybe worst of all) this movie made me replay all the movies of Altman that I really like and see that many of tendencies above that I criticize are prevalent in ALL of his movies, now tempering my enjoyment of them. I now see a old lecher with a misogynistic bent and an arrested development, calling attention to his weaknesses in a pretentious and juvenile way.