3 Men and a Little Lady (1990)

User Rating:

4.5/10   

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:

Boarding School | Love | Wedding | Sequel To Remake | Bachelor

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: 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.

Quotes:

Michael Kellam: [Peter is trying to unplug Mary's TV] Pete, are you listening to me?
Peter Mitchell: No, I'm electrocuting myself!

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Chicago Hope: Three Men and a Lady (#2.13)" (1996)

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