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Genre: Comedy
Studio: Artisan Entertainment
Release Date: October 13, 2000
Run Time: 122 minutes
This is an excellent Altman movie. Though there is
the usual large cast you expect from an Altman
movie this one is unique in that despite all the
periphery confusion it brings an ever increasing
focus on just one character, Dr. T himself.
Richard Gere has never been one of my favorite
actors but he gives an impeccable and likable
performance as an always generous and compassionate
gynecologist. His wife played by Farrah Fawcett
has a breakdown(and gets naked in a fountain)
at the mall early on and spends the entire
movie institutionalized. His daughters are
played by Tara Reid and Kate Hudson, ones a JFK
conspiracy nut and the other a lesbian cheerleader
(her lover played by Liv Tyler). Dr. T's work life
is equally confusing as he treats one
hypochondriac after another. Excellent small part
by patient Janine Turner. While his wife is in
getting treatment he begins an affair with
independent golf pro Helen Hunt. In synopsis the
movie sounds wacky and it is but it is also a very
solid drama. The movie has a backbone and that is
Gere. As his perfect life falls away before him he
becomes more and more exposed, vulnerable. Lyle
Lovetts soundtrack provides a sober running
commentary on one man losing control of his life
and how he deals with that. An ending that will
blow you away....highly recommended. This is a
very confident Altman being experimental in a very
interesting way, he's full of insight again.
Reminds me of some of his seventies work like
1978's The Wedding, but with firmer directorial
control.
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