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Ladies Man [2001]
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Editorial
Amazon.co.uk Review
Based on his lisping Ladies Man character from Saturday Night Live, Tim Meadows plays Leon Phelps, a late-night sex advice host of a radio show who gets fired for racking up one too many FCC fines. His producer (Karyn Parsons) gets fired with him, and she combs the Chicago stations looking for another gig while he tries to find the one old flame that would be willing to support him for the rest of his life. You see Phelps is a sexaholic who tends to sleep with frustrated wives, much to the chagrin of the husbands who inevitably catch them in bed together. A mob of husbands has formed a group, under the leadership of Will Ferrell (playing a tired stereotype of the closeted homosexual), dedicated to hunting down Phelps and killing him. Phelps personifies both the good (sexual skills) and the bad (the wardrobe and fashion sense) of the "Swingers" icon, though the movie ends with your standard pro-family propaganda when he inevitably finds love and stability with his producer. The laughs do not come fast and furiously, sidetracked as they are by the so-called plot, but one thing must be said and said out loud: Billy Dee Williams is fantastic as the bartender-narrator. --Andy Spletzer, Amazon.com
Terrible film.
Review date: 2008-10-17 Rating: 2 out of 10
'The Ladies Man' is a terrible film. Don't waste your money on this one joke yawn. Tim Meadows is a 70's pimp stereotype, a third rate 2D black Austin Powers (Without the spying, or comedy, just the sex part). That's it. From the incredibly annoying one trick pony Lee Evans, to the wasted talent of Will Ferrell, it is a total mess. The inexplicable song and dance number was a head scratcher (!), and the obvious ending made no sense at all without lobotomising Karyn Parsons first. If you like films like 'The 40 Year Old Virgin', or 'Superbad' then ignore this review, it's aimed at your level. I lost 81 minutes of my life tonight. Billy Dee Williams was fantastic as the narrator though, but that doesn't lift this beyond 1 star.
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Reviews
One of the funniest films ever!
Review date: 2008-09-20 Rating: 10 out of 10
A classic SNL spin off, one of the better ones and so so funny. Buy it now!
Get up close and do it in DA BUTT
Review date: 2006-12-10 Rating: 10 out of 10
Leon Phelps teaches the ways of 70's seduction with the ladies in this swinging film. Leon's (tim meadows) smooth talking and pick up lines never get old and run with the fast pace of the film superbly. The great cast includes Tiffany thiessen who plays one of many of leons ladies, Lee Evans the crazed nutjob and for the ladies an oiled up Will ferrel,a grecco roman wrestler with a strangely strong bond with his wrestling buddy. All of the cast come together to create a smooth talking, hilarious, courvosier induced film. This is great.
Silly and crude but pretty darn funny
Review date: 2003-10-08 Rating: 8 out of 10
I came to appreciate this movie a little more after a second viewing. Sure, it's a really, really dumb movie, and Tim Meadows' Saturday Night Live character Leon Phelps, aka The Ladies' Man, is stretched just about as far as he can be without snapping, but there are laughs to be found here, and the film really isn't as raunchy as you might think. Leon Phelps is the perpetual 70s swinger who dispenses all of his wisdom in the ways of love on his own late night radio program. A lot of that wisdom involves some rather unsavory advice, most of it involving "da butt" in some fashion, and Leon soon finds himself out of work alongside his attractive producer Julie (Karyn Parsons, who turns in a pretty impressive performance). Unable to find a new radio job, Leon's troubles only increase when his womanizing ways make him the target of a group of men looking for the guy who seduced all their wives. SNL's Will Farrel turns in a particularly memorable performance as the ring leader of the group and a really, really devoted Greco-Roman wrestler whose wife somehow doesn't understand his need to get oiled up and practice wrestling day and night with his friend Bryan. With so much going on in his life, will Leon find the answer to all his money woes with a "Sweet Thing" from his past (if he can only remember which one of his former ladies she is), or will true love sneak up on him and make him a changed man?
The Ladies' Man features some notable names in its cast list: e.g., Tiffani Amber-Thiessen, Julianne Moore (in an inexplicable little cameo), and the ultimate ladies' man himself, Billie Dee Williams. Billie Dee's presence lends a sense of class that is altogether missing without him, although he does play a prominent role in an unforgettable and hilarious practical joke of pretty crude proportions. When it comes right down to it, The Ladies' Man must be judged in terms of its comedic aspects, and I have to say I found the movie quite funny. If you found Tim Meadows' Ladies Man character on Saturday Night Live funny, odds are you will enjoy this movie.
Easily as good as Wayne's World! Michaels at his best!
Review date: 2002-03-22 Rating: 10 out of 10
Synopsis: A love doctor who gives advice on radio by the name of the ladies man partakes in an adventure to finally find his perfect woman, after years of playing around with thousands of women. This is a highly humorous adventure which entails the ladies man getting fired from every job for his lewd and controversial radio show, being admired by thousands of women, a society of men who've lost their women chasing the ladies man, and a hilarious adventure of his search for the perfect lady. This film should be bought just for the fact it is a scream, with the ladies man gettin in all sorts of trouble.Undoubtedly comedy at the very highest level!
Product Details/Specifications
Actor(s):
Jill Talley
Tim Meadows
John Witherspoon
Karyn Parsons
Billy Dee Williams
Creators:
Tim Meadows (Primary Contributor)
Tim Meadows (Writer)
Karyn Parsons (Primary Contributor)
Albert Botha (Producer)
Erin Fraser (Producer)
Lorne Michaels (Producer)
Robert K. Weiss (Producer)
Andrew Steele (Writer)
Dennis McNicholas (Writer)
Director(s):
Recording label: Paramount Home Entertainment
Manufacturer: Paramount Home Entertainment
EAN: 5014437812735
Binding: DVD
Number of items: 1
Format: Anamorphic, Dubbed, PAL, Widescreen,
Release date: 2002-01-14
Number of discs: 1
Aspect ratio: 1.78:1
Audience rating: Suitable for 15 years and over
Region code: 2
Running time: 81 minutes
Theatrical release date: 2000-10-13
Language: English (Original Language)
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