3 Men and a Little Lady (1990)

Sylvia's work increasingly takes her away from the three men who help bring up Mary, her daughter. When she decides to move to England and take Mary with her, the three men are heartbroken ... See full summary »

Director:

Emile Ardolino

Writers:

Coline Serreau (screenplay), Sara Parriott (story),

Stars:

Tom Selleck, Steve Guttenberg, Ted Danson

1 win & 1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Tom Selleck	...	Peter Mitchell
Steve Guttenberg	...	Michael Kellam
Ted Danson	...	Jack Holden
Nancy Travis	...	Sylvia Bennington
Robin Weisman	...	Mary Bennington
Christopher Cazenove	...	Edward Hargreave
Sheila Hancock	...	Vera Bennington
Fiona Shaw	...	Miss Elspeth Lomax
John Boswall	...	Barrow, Edward's Butler
Jonathan Lynn	...	Vicar Hewitt
Sydney Walsh	...	Lauria
Lynne Marta	...	Morgan School Teacher
Everett Wong	...	Boy #1 at Morgan School
Edwina Moore	...	Dr. Robinson
Patricia Gaul	...	Mrs. Walker

Storyline

Sylvia's work increasingly takes her away from the three men who help bring up Mary, her daughter. When she decides to move to England and take Mary with her, the three men are heartbroken at losing the two most important females in their lives.

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Plot Keywords:

wedding | love | boarding school | father figure | friendship | 

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama | Family | Romance

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Certificate:

PG

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

21 November 1990 (USA)

Also Known As:

Three Men and a Little Lady

Filming Locations:

Banbury, Oxfordshire, England, UK

Box Office

Gross:

$71,609,321 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Interscope Communications, Silver Screen Partners IV, Touchstone Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

104 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Jonathan Lynn:  as Vicar Hewitt.

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Goofs

In the kitchen, when Sylvia removes the cake from the pan, it breaks into multiple pieces. She arranges it haphazardly on the plate and begins to ice it while still standing at the kitchen counter. When she brings the plate and icing into the living room the cake has been arranged better and there is no icing on it.

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Quotes

Sylvia: [brings in breakfast] Here's my specialty. Liver moose and poached eggs.
Edward Hargreave: [looks at the tray and stammers] What an attractive combination, but we do have a cook for these sort of things.
Sylvia: I like doing it.
Mary: Try it Edward. You'll like it.
Edward Hargreave: [sees Mary holding her tea cup in the palm of her hand] Whoever taught you to hold you teacup like that?

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Connections

Follows 3 Men and a Baby (1987)

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Soundtracks

"DANCING IN THE DARK"
Written by Howard Dietz and Arthur Schwartz

User Reviews

No. Not the best, though certainly under rated

Geez, it looks like someone's really easily impressed. While given that this movie certainly deserves a higher rating than 4.5 (probably about a 6) it is certainly nowhere near being the best film ever.

Danson, Selleck and Guttenberg are great together and the supporting cast is good too. There is one classic moment (because it is so accurate) of a farmer giving the three men directions on how to get to a church as he describes in painstaking detail the road that they should avoid taking. As with most comedies some of the jokes just don't work at all. This doesn't make it a poor comedy, this just stops it from being a above average one.

This film is a solid piece of feel good cinema with great casting (though not neccessarily a great cast) and I can only assume people rate films on a different scale to me.