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Release Date:
18 February 1983 (USA) more
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The psychiatrist who's crazy about a patient more
Plot:
A psychiatrist who falls in love with a patient is visited by the spirit of Sigmund Freud, who gives him advice on how to handle it. | add synopsis
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Charming, Sweet Comedy more (3 total)

Cast

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Dudley Moore ... Saul Benjamin

Elizabeth McGovern ... Chloe Allen

Alec Guinness ... Sigmund Freud

Christine Baranski ... Nymphomanic
Gene Saks ... Frantic Patient
Renée Taylor ... Mrs. Mondragon
Kent Broadhurst ... Gay Patient
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Suzanne Barrie ... Jaffe's Wife
Anna Berger ... Analysis
Otto Bettmann ... Dr. Waxman

Mark Blum ... Intern Murphy
Amalie Collier ... Maid

Anne De Salvo ... Case Interviewer
Selma Diamond ... Harriet Singer, M.D.
Sol Frieder ... Analyst
Ann Gillespie ... Actress
Merwin Goldsmith ... Analyst

John Huston ... Larry Geller, M.D.
Peggy Johnson ... Actress
Fred Kareman ... Analyst
Mohindra Nath Kawlra ... Analyst

E. Katherine Kerr ... Analysis
Anne Kerry ... Katie Benjamin

Alan King ... Lionel Gross, M.D.

Fred Melamed ... Psychoanalyst
Jeff Natter ... Stage Manager
Isabell O'Connor ... Nurse (as Isabell Monk)
Lotte Palfi Andor ... Analysis
Kaylan Pickford ... Anna
Ray Ramirez ... Mr. Menendez
Lester Rawlins ... Silent Patient
Benjamin Rayson ... Analysis
Larry Rivers ... Jac Applezweig
Raynor Scheine ... Shelter

Stefan Schnabel ... Gunnar Bergsen, M.D.
Jack Sevier ... Man in Shelter
Yanni Sfinias ... Hot Dog Vendor

Wallace Shawn ... Otto Jaffe
Richard B. Shull ... Dr. Fessner

Ron Silver ... Ted Caruso
Stewart Steinberg ... Analysis

David Strathairn ... Marvin Zuckerman
John Tillinger ... Play Director
Ellen Whyte ... Waitress
Wolfgang Zilzer ... Analyst (as Paul Andor)
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95 min
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Color (Technicolor)
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1.85 : 1 more
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Fun Stuff

Trivia:
This was originally intended as a project for Peter Sellers before his death in 1980. more
Quotes:
Chloe Allen: Here I was, in the middle of an obscene phone call, and I thought of you. more

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Charming, Sweet Comedy, 21 August 2009
9/10
Author: jayraskin1 from Orlando, United States

I cannot believe that only two people have reviewed this movie. I would think that all Woody Allen fans would want to see a film written and directed by the co-writer of Sleeper, Annie Hall, and Manhattan. Also, I would think that there must be more Dudley Moore fans around. Moore made this when he was king of romantic comedies in the 1980's, with hits like "10" and "Arthur". He took the crown from George Segal, and was followed by Andrew McCarthy in the late 80's and John Cusack in the 1990's.

I movie is a bit slow, or seems that way today, but that's because everybody has been hooked on television series like "Friends" and "30 Rock" where there has to be a laugh every 15 seconds. The laughs come, but they arrive at a leisurely pace of about one a minute.

The movie makes fun of Freudian psychiatry, which has pretty much become a relic of the 20th century like walkmen and pong video games. Still, scenes like the one where Moore tries to tell Elizabeth McGovern that she has penis envy seem to work better today, when we all can agree that the theory is absurd.

Incidentally, McGovern has possibly never looked so seduction and beautiful as she does in this movie.

Many of the supporting cast members are good, including Larry Rivers, John Huston, Selma Diamond, Christine Baranski, and Alan King. Unfortunately, they all have small parts of just two or three short scenes.

My favorite Dudley Moore rom-com is Mickey and Maude, but this one runs a close second. Go out and buy it or download it online and give it a try.

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