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Writer (WGA):
Todd Graff (written by)
Release Date:
7 February 1997 (USA)
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Tagline:
Once upon a time...
Plot:
A New York cosmetologist mistakenly thought to be a science teacher is offered a job to teach the children of an Eastern European dictator. full summary | add synopsis
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Dictator
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Teacher
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Beautician
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Castle
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Fish Out Of Water
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Awards:
1 nomination
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User Comments:
Though I've seen better, I liked it!!!
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Fran Drescher | ... | Joy Miller |
 | Timothy Dalton | ... | Boris Pochenko |
 | Ian McNeice | ... | Ira Grushinsky |
 | Patrick Malahide | ... | Leonid Kleist |
 | Lisa Jakub | ... | Katrina Pochenko |
 | Michael Lerner | ... | Jerry Miller |
| Phyllis Newman | ... | Judy Miller |
| Heather DeLoach | ... | Masha Pochenko |
| Adam LaVorgna | ... | Karl Pochenko |
| Kyle Wilkerson | ... | Yuri Pochenko |
| Tyler Wilkerson | ... | Yuri Pochenko |
 | Timothy Dowling | ... | Alek |
 | Michael Immel | ... | Stage Manager |
 | Tonya Watts | ... | Model |
 | Tamara Mello | ... | Consuela |
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Rated PG for some mild language and sensuality.
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105 min
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Argentina:Atp |
Australia:PG |
Chile:TE |
Peru:PT |
Singapore:PG |
UK:PG (video premiere) |
USA:PG (certificate #34952) |
Iceland:L
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Fran Drescher took voice lessons to alter the nasal quality of her voice for the part of Joy Miller. When she arrived on set using her new "normal" voice, producers insisted that she revert to her natural trademark one, as it was one of the reasons she was asked to play the part.
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Goofs:
Continuity: When Joy is in the kitchen trying to scare the chicken to death, the chicken changes places repeatedly in between shots.
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Quotes:
Joy Miller:
Oh honey, talk to the hand, the ears ain't listening!
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Hungarian Sundance
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I have to admit that, for a while anyway, I had a serious crush on Fran Drescher. Those outfits (in Joe's chauvinistic voice): "OH, YEAH!!!" That big '80's hair. And that voice (except when she got whiny)??? Uh-huh-huh! Uh-huh-huh!
"The Nanny" was a good show, though not great. It was raunchy and funny, though, to me (and maybe this is me being more old-fashioned than I'll admit), raunchy sex jokes do not go together with family entertainment. Thus, I was always convinced that it was in a bad time slot. NBC doesn't show "Law & Order" at 8:00 (or 7:00 if you're in Mississippi like me).
Nitpickiness aside, when I heard that she was doing a movie titled "The Beautician and the Beast," I was quite skeptical. I didn't think that it would be any good. But I sucked up any doubts I had and saw it anyway.
I have to admit that, while it's not the best, it's not the worst, either. I actually liked this movie. Granted, the movie is VERY dated (for the most part, Communism is dead), quite predictable (can you say "The Nanny?") and can get downright stupid (what's with the chicken?).
But it can also be funny, like when Joy, Fran's character, gets the workers to strike, in the tradition of Norma Rae, thus angering Boris Pochenko, played adequately by Timothy Dalton. And there were a lot of raunchy references to her relatives, i.e. one of her aunts having to have facial hair removed. And, without giving anything away, I thought the begining was really cute as well.
Not to mention that I was really impressed with a scene near the end of the film where she stands up to Boris. To me, it sounded as if she was really acting, speaking past her quirky voice and speaking the lines with gusto. That may explain how she got a part in a Woody Allen movie, even if it's a bit part.
This film isn't for everybody, especially if you're put off by Fran's voice. And, though there are no sex scenes, there are benign sexual references, not to mention mild language. Others might say "bring the whole family," but I wouldn't. While *I* think she's funny (like I said before), I believe her humor is too raunchy for family entertainment. And some of her humor deals with generalizations, which may explain why you don't see her being compared to Julia Roberts, Jennifer Lopez or Rene Russo, strong women who aren't afraid to be "one of the boys."