Zach Hutton (John Ritter) is a bearded alcoholic award-winning writer with a bit of a writer's block. He claims to want monogamy but he can't stop womanizing. His wife divorces him and takes most of his stuff. His life starts falling apart as he cannot stop drinking or womanizing.
The character is not appealing but John Ritter is. I would like this to be a dark comedy. The first half has elements of that but the broad physical comedy keeps poking its head into the movie. The movie goes full slapstick soon enough and I'm not feeling it. First thing first, the wife Alex needs a more charismatic actress. It's probably Blake Edwards' vision of a wife character. She needs to be at least be close to Ritter's screen presence but Blake wants her to be dull. There are some memorable stuff in this movie. The muscle blonde, the light sabre fight, the electrocution aftermath are all memorable. If the tone fits the subject better, this could actually be funny.
The character is not appealing but John Ritter is. I would like this to be a dark comedy. The first half has elements of that but the broad physical comedy keeps poking its head into the movie. The movie goes full slapstick soon enough and I'm not feeling it. First thing first, the wife Alex needs a more charismatic actress. It's probably Blake Edwards' vision of a wife character. She needs to be at least be close to Ritter's screen presence but Blake wants her to be dull. There are some memorable stuff in this movie. The muscle blonde, the light sabre fight, the electrocution aftermath are all memorable. If the tone fits the subject better, this could actually be funny.