3 Men and a Little Lady (1990)

Director:

Emile Ardolino

Writers (WGA):

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

Release Date:

21 November 1990 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama | Family | Romance

Plot:

Sylvia's work increasingly takes her away from the three men who help bring up Mary, her daughter. When...

Plot Keywords:

Love | Wedding | Boarding School | Self Discovery | Father Figure

Awards:

1 win & 1 nomination

Cast

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

Also Known As:

Three Men and a Little Lady (USA) (poster title)

Runtime:

104 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Iceland:L | USA:PG (Certificate #30787) | Argentina:Atp | Australia:PG | Chile:TE | Finland:S | Peru:PT | Sweden:Btl | UK:PG | West Germany:6 | Singapore:PG

Filming Locations:

Banbury, Oxfordshire, England, UK

Company:

Interscope Communications

Trivia:

Cameo: [Jonathan Lynn]as Vicar Hewitt.

Goofs:

Continuity: At the wedding cocktail party, Tom Selleck removes a large wad of caviar from the school principal's nose and noticeably deposits the wad on her canapé dish. The large wad of food on her plate alternately appears and disappears as they talk.

Quotes:

Peter Mitchell: Marry me.
Sylvia: Why Peter? For Mary's sake? You don't have to do that now. I'm moving back to New York and living there and you can see as much of Mary as you like.
Peter Mitchell: It's not for Mary I'm doing this. I'm doing it for me. I love you.
Sylvia: No you don't.
Peter Mitchell: Yes I do. I love you. I love the way you walk, I love the way you laugh, I love the way when you get nervous you bite your bottom lip just like you're doing now, I love the way you love Mary,
[to the congregation]
Peter Mitchell: I even love her liver mousse. I love you and if there were no Mary, if there was nothing else I would still love you. And I want to make Mary all over again with you.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "The Critic: Eyes on the Prize (#1.6)" (1994)

Soundtrack:

WAITING FOR A STAR TO FALL

Not bad at all

I don't know why this one was so trashed by the critics. It's not a masterpiece but hardly as bad as indicated by the drubbing it got. It has what I thought what the best movie scene of its year, where Tom Selleck is talking to the little girl about his departure. He talks to her so intelligently, just the way a smart person would talk to a smart child. After that, I was willing to forgive an awful lot (and admittedly, there's an awful lot to forgive