Movie Information
Overall Rank: 11751
Average Rating: 2.4/4
# of Ratings: 37
Theatrical Release Date: 08/15/1984
Language: English
Genre: Comedy, Romance
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Gene Wilder
Actors: Gene Wilder, Charles Grodin, Joseph Bologna, Judith Ivey, Michael Huddleston, Kelly LeBrock
Plot: A man entering a mid-life crisis pursues an affair with a mysterious woman in red.
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1/4
Logan D. McCoy - wrote on 06/26/2019
Boring and thematically confusing. I'm not sure if director Gene Wilder even knows what point his movie is trying to make.
Rating of
1/4
Yojimbo - wrote on 07/08/2012
Tacky 80s farce in which middle aged exec Gene Wilder suffers a mid life crisis and sets off in pursuit of a model. Sleazy and desperately unfunny.
Rating of
3/4
goodfellamike - wrote on 10/29/2008
Many funny moments abound in this casual comedy, namely the scene in which Charles Grodin pretends to be blind and one involving Gilda Radner after being stood up twice; catchy music by Stevie Wonder complements this odd, but very likable comedy. Viewing this today, one feels a nostalgia for Gene Wilder who has basically vanished from the silver screen. Final Grade: B
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2.5/4
Could have been a lot funnier
The M.O.W. - wrote on 08/02/2008
"Theeodore Pierce" (Gene Wilder, who also wrote the screenplay and served as the movie's director) is a happily married man who is entering his mid-life crisis. He begins of thinking of having an affair, especially after seeing a beautiful woman (Kelly LeBrock) dressed from head to toe in red.
He begins to pursue this mysterious woman, who eventually begins to work for the company he is employed by for an advertising campaign. However, while trying to avoid a secretary (Gilda Radner) who he accidentally makes a date with.
Believe it or not, this was the first ever movie rated PG-13 by the Motion Picture Associated of America. However, the rating couldn't help this one.
I felt little to no chemistry between any of the cast. Wilder and Judith Ivey, who played his wife, had no …
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