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Dr. T & the Women (2000)

Rate: 5
Viewed: 9/04, 11/23

DrT
11/23: I don't like Dr. T & the Women, but I admit it has the hallmarks of a Robert Altman picture.

It's an exhausting Nashville version of Dallas except that the stereotype isn't true nowadays and that a TV show had already been made. Uh...the Ewings, anyone? By the way, who wears these stupid-looking clothes with accessories? You might ask, why hasn't a black person been sighted? It's because Dallas is among the most racist cities in the United States.

For most of the time, I couldn't tell if the film was meant to be a satire on purpose given the display of brain-dead, vacuous characters. On the other hand, the ten-minute ending is stupid and therefore unnecessary; why do I have to see a baby literally delivered straight out of the vagina? There's no logic to that. Anyway, the whole thing was done for real which is a first for a major Hollywood film.

Of the ensemble cast, nobody stands out which is a shame because Robert Altman usually got the best from many. The worst and most obnoxious will have to go to Shelley Long in a role that was meant for Goldie Hawn. Cut her out, and maybe the movie will be more tolerable. Then again, there are idiots such as Kate Hudson, Liv Tyler, Tara Reid, and so on.

In a way, Dr. T & the Women seems to be marketed as a Richard Gere film but, honestly, is not. It's a revival of Nashville except the formula didn't work this time. As for the actor, he's okay but not the issue although his character's brazen cheating behavior is idiotic given the fact that his wife is being treated in Tyler which is a hundred of miles(!) away from Dallas. The biggest issue I have with him is how he conducts his job as a gynecologist which looks very unethical.

All in all, Dr. T & the Women is all over the place, but it's an Altman movie nevertheless.