Dr. T & The Women

Buy This Item Dr. T & The Women by Lions Gate  Available from Amazon  $9.98  on 8-27-2008     Loose-limbed and casual even for a Robert Altman movie, <I>Dr. T & the Women</I> has a sly, offhanded wit that makes up for its ramshackle structure. Richard Gere's eponymous gynecologist seems the model of success: his office is packed daily with the cream of Dallas's society matrons clamoring for an appointment, his home life is blessed with loving wife Farrah Fawcett and daughters Tara Reid and Kate Hudson, and when he needs a break from the estrogen congestion there are always weekends to be spent with his trio of hunting buddies. But on a trip to the mall to shop for Hudson's upcoming nuptials, Fawcett strips naked and leaps about in a waterfall. Her subsequent incarceration in a mental hospital (she's diagnosed with the fictional "Hestia complex," suffering from receiving too much affection) along with the ongoing preparations for the wedding barely make a dent in Gere's charming, compassionate demeanor. Then his golf course hires a new female pro who's everything the other women in his life are not--independent, self-confident, Helen Hunt--and Dr. T finds himself with yet another woman to love. Though the minor characters are mostly nasty little caricatures, the film is not the bitter misogynistic rant its detractors claim it is; the problems in Dr. T's life are placed squarely on his own inability to see that women don't need his genteel protection, and Gere perfectly captures this sweet yet condescending blind spot. <I>--Bruce Reid</I> Reader Reviews Don't you dare watch this... unless you are glutton for punishment. Back when I saw this movie in the theatres years ago, I was with friends. I wanted to cry! I couldn't believe I wasted $8.00 on a ticket and almost two hours of my life with this rotten flick. Unfortunately, since it was considered socially unacceptable to get up and walk out of the theatre I sat through the ENTIRE painful film. Even then, I thought that no movie could ever come close to being this horrendous, including those made at home by a high schooler. I believe, to this day, my assumption is correct. For every bad movie I see, I can say, "Well, at least it wasn't as bad as Dr. T and The Women." I hope this helps.

Dr. T & The Women Available from Amazon Price: $9.98 Updated on 8-27-2008.

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