It's Pat: The Movie (1994)

The comedic misadventures of a person of indeterminate gender.

Director:

Adam Bernstein

Writers:

Julia Sweeney (characters), Jim Emerson

Stars:

Julia Sweeney, Dave Foley, Charles Rocket

1 win & 7 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Julia Sweeney	...	Pat Riley
Dave Foley	...	Chris
Charles Rocket	...	Kyle Jacobsen
Kathy Griffin	...	Herself
Julie Hayden	...	Stacy Jacobsen
Timothy Stack	...	Doctor
Mary Scheer	...	Nurse
Beverly Leech	...	Mrs. Riley
Larry Hankin	...	Postal Supervisor
Kathy Najimy	...	Tippy
Jerry Tondo	...	Sushi Chef
Philip McNiven	...	Sushi Customer
Michael Yama	...	Curious Sushi Man
Kiyoko Yamaguchi	...	Curious Sushi Woman
Julianne Christie	...	Strip Club Hostess

Storyline

Pat Riley, an obnoxious busybody of undeterminable sex, meets and falls in love with Chris, a sensitive, caring person also of undeterminable sex. Their relationship suffers because Pat's a lout, and cannot decide on a direction for its life. Meanwhile, Pat's neighbor Kyle falls further and further into obsession with Pat, fascinated by its indeterminate sexuality.

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Plot Keywords:

neighbor | obsession | photograph | restaurant | fountain | 

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Taglines:

A Comedy That Proves Love Is A Many Gendered Thing.

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Genres:

Comedy

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for bizarre gender-related humor

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English Japanese

Release Date:

26 August 1994 (USA)

Also Known As:

It's Pat: The Movie

Filming Locations:

Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

£8,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$31,370, 28 August 1994, Limited Release

Gross USA:

$60,822

Company Credits

Production Co:

Touchstone Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

77 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The film is based on a recurring sketch on Saturday Night Live (1975). Charles Rocket was a castmember during its infamous 1980-81 season.

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Goofs

At the beginning of the movie, Mrs. Riley's obstetrician tells her she is the mother of a 7-1/2 pound baby. The birth certificate Pat shows Kyle later in the film displays a birth weight of 8 pounds, 2 ounces.

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Quotes

Groupie: You were great tonight, Pat.
Pat Riley: Oh, you thought so to?

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Crazy Credits

During the closing credits, audio of Kathy Griffin and Kyle is heard. Kathy is now back on her radio show and one of her callers turns out to be Kyle, whose obsession with Pat has now caused him to become a cross-dresser.

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Alternate Versions

A scene in the film explains Pat's sex with Japanese subtitles. It then had a worker walking in front of the subtitles while vacuuming so that Pat's sex could not be determined by viewers. When shown on television now the subtitles are no longer included.

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Connections

Featured in WatchMojo: Top 10 Worst Movies by Saturday Night Live Stars (2016)

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Soundtracks

Dude (Looks Like a Lady)
Written by Steven Tyler, Joe Perry and Desmond Child
Performed by Julia Sweeney
Courtesy of Spax Productions

User Reviews

Sensitive and hilarious....NOT!!

My wife and I play a game while we go on long road trips. It's called "Name the bad Saturday NIGHT LIVE alumnus film". It's a wonderful game--and far longer than the alternative "Name the good Saturday NIGHT LIVE alumnus film"--as there are practically a bazillion films made by ex-SNL actors which are absolutely wretched. Yet, compared to "It's Pat", even horrible films like "Dr. Detroit", "Neighbors" and "Best Defense" look like Oscar-contenders! Yes, this is my nomination for the absolute WORST of the lot (though I have yet to see "Night at the Roxbury" and "Superstar"). Apparently, I am not alone with this--as currently "It's Pat" is ranked #95 on IMDb's infamous Bottom 100 list.

The biggest problem with "It's Pat" is that the Pat sketches on "SNL" were completely unfunny and annoying. But, like too many of the show's skits, they repeated the stupid thing again and again and again. Think about it...THE joke is that Pat's gender is uncertain. Wow...shallow AND offensive...but also completely unfunny. And, with this movie, a five minute bit on "SNL" is stretched out to full-length movie format! While this problem is more than enough, the film also suffers from bad acting (Ms. Sweeney's characterization is dreadful and the epitome of the expression 'one-note'), bad writing, too much crudity and an offensive storyline. After all, jokes about what's inside Pat's pants abound and become tiresome and gross...and that's only three minutes into the film! After a while, it was so oppressively awful that I had to turn it off (my daughter kept threatening to do bodily harm to me if I didn't). Wretched, unfunny and 100% misguided--who in the world thought this abomination would be worth making in the first place?! I think cancer is funnier (and I've had cancer--so I know what I am talking about)!