![]() "Secret" has lots of moments when characters don't realize exactly who they're talking to, and it creates those moments out of the stupidity of the characters. Seeing the two movies in the same week is instructive because they take such different approaches to the challenge of identity. ![]() With this film, she hits her stride as a comedy director who would rather be clever than obvious, who allows good actors such as Malkovich to go for quiet effects rather than broad, dumb cliches.Īlso around right now is " The Secret of My Success," another comedy depending on dual and mistaken identities. ![]() Right" was directed by Susan Seidelman, whose previous credits are "Smithereens," which I didn't much like, and " Desperately Seeking Susan," which was much more assured. She has an instantly combative relationship with the scientist who invented the android, and it's made trickier because as the android grows more human, the scientist subtly grows more robotic. Magnuson is fun, too, with her high heels and designer outfits, clipboards and speculative looks. Like Jeff Bridges in " Starman," he's able to meet the tricky challenge of moving in an uncoordinated way without looking merely ridiculous. Malkovich provides just the right amount of inept clumsiness for the android, which sometimes has trouble getting its mind-body coordination in line. Right, and then making the most of it.That's true, for example, during the sweet, tentative moments when the android begins to fall for the woman. ![]() This 80's cult classic demonstrates "A hilarious experience about meeting Mr. Quirky and hip, the characters are well developed and complete individuals. Mishaps and plenty of comedy continue, but the films ends up happily 80's predictable. Frankie was supposed to be teaching Ulysses how to be a well-mannered gentleman, but instead she's turned him into a girl-crazed walking disaster and Dr. Aside from his personal life, things aren't going according to plan at his job. He can't seem to shake the geeky Sandy (Laurie Metcalf) who is incessantly chasing him down and begging him for dates. Peters is also juggling some problems of his own. With her blue hair and un-shaved under arms, Ivy is reminiscent of another previously directed Susan Seidelman film, 1985's "Desperately Seeking Susan".Īlthough her life is complicated, Frankie is not the only one with problems Dr. Peters (John Malkovich) who modeled the robot after himself.įrankie has to teach Ulysses how to act like a human being, and as if that were not hard enough she also has to spend her spare time consoling her promiscuous friend Trish(Glenne Headley) because her actor-boyfriend cheated on her and she has to support her sister Ivy whose wedding is only a few days away. Frankie, played by Ann Magnuson (a triple-red threat with her red hair, red lipstick, and red car) is a busy image consultant who has just dumped her boyfriend, wanna-be Congressman Steve Marcus (Ben Masters).įrankie's new project at work is to get congress interested in some off-key machine called Ulysses Robot invented by Dr. Right" is set in 1987's Fluorescent-colored Florida and begins by introducing us to the main character Frankie Stone and her many problems. Any girl would agree that it takes many components to make a perfect man, but not every girl is lucky enough to have the chance to literally "make" him! One girl by the name of Frankie has the opportunity, but is making a perfect man as easy as it sounds? How hard can it be "Making Mr.
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