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Ladies Man
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The Movie:
It's been a long and painful track record for "Saturday Night Live" producer Lorne Michaels, who, against the advice of critics everywhere, has attempted to make movies out of nearly all of the skits featured on the show, most terribly so with last year's "Superstar". But, as I was watching "Ladies Man", a strange thing happened - I was actually laughing. Not massive laugher, mind you, but I was suprised at how amusing some of the bits were.
For those who are not familiar with the skit on the show, the movie stars Tim Meadows as Leon Phelps, a disc jockey whose sexually explicit talk has gotten him in trouble with the FCC and eventually gets him fired. Along with his producer (Karyn Parsons), he jumps from station to station looking for another job - eventually finding a place at a religious station, only to have things not go too well right from the first interview.
The husband (Lee Evans) of one of the women that Leon has been with seeks revenge, and finds that there's actually a support group for men whose marriage has been broken up by Leon. Together, they plan their attack while Leon seeks a mysterious love from his past. As one could probably guess, there's not much of a plot at all to "Ladies Man", nor is there one in any of the movies based on "SNL" skits - they're only short skits stretched into feature-length.
"Ladies Man" is certainly not the worst "SNL" picture that's been quickly produced to drop into theaters, but at the same time it's certainly not classic comedy, either. It's definitely helped along by Meadows - who is often priceless as Phelps - but there's points throughout the movie that can't find enough material to sustain the film's already short 84 minute running time, including some bits that seem lifted from Howard Stern's bio-film "Private Parts". Supporting performances were definitely thin - as solid actors like Lee Evans ("Mousehunt") are wasted. Shockingly (very, very shockingly - did she owe producer Lorne Michaels a favor?) , Julianne Moore ("Boogie Nights") turns up in a cameo as a clown.
"Ladies Man" doesn't quite succeed, but I was pleased to see that it wasn't without a few solid laughs.
The DVD
VIDEO: Paramount has been improving little by little with each release, and "Ladies' Man" definitely ranks as one of their best-looking efforts in recent months, mainly thanks to how well the film's vibrant color palette is presented. Paramount gives the film a great looking 1.85:1 anamorphic transfer, with excellent sharpness and detail, even in some of the dimly lit scenes.
Flaws were barely noticable. There were one or two extremely minor traces of pixelation, but otherwise the image remained completely clear and free of such irritants. The picture was even largely free of print flaws as only one or two extremely minor speckles were noticed, but definitely no marks or scratches were seen.
Colors looked excellent - the film boasts an often vibrant color palette with colors that look bright and well-saturated throughout, with no flaws. Flesh tones looked accurate, as well. Good work from Paramount.
SOUND: "The Ladies Man" is presented in Dolby Digital 5.1, and as one might expect, the film suffers from the usual "comedy" - style audio mix. The sound comes almost completely from the front speakers and aside from once or twice for the music, the surrounds remain absolutely silent. With the funky background music, there is a little helping of bass every so often, though.
MENUS:: Menus are non-animated, with very basic images serving as backgrounds. It would have been nice to have some 70's themed animation and background music.
EXTRAS:
Cast & Crew Interviews: As with many recent releases from Paramount, interviews from the cast and crew (in this case, about 11 1/2 minutes worth) are included. As one might expect from discussions about the film, there's not a great deal of technical information to be found, as the group talks about the history behind "Ladies' Man" and bringing the character to the screen.
Trailer: The film's trailer (Dolby 2.0).
Final Thoughts: Not a consistent laugh-riot, "Ladies' Man" still gets enough laughs thanks to Meadow's performance to possibly make it worth a rental. Paramount's DVD provides good audio/video quality and a couple of extras.
It's been a long and painful track record for "Saturday Night Live" producer Lorne Michaels, who, against the advice of critics everywhere, has attempted to make movies out of nearly all of the skits featured on the show, most terribly so with last year's "Superstar". But, as I was watching "Ladies Man", a strange thing happened - I was actually laughing. Not massive laugher, mind you, but I was suprised at how amusing some of the bits were.
For those who are not familiar with the skit on the show, the movie stars Tim Meadows as Leon Phelps, a disc jockey whose sexually explicit talk has gotten him in trouble with the FCC and eventually gets him fired. Along with his producer (Karyn Parsons), he jumps from station to station looking for another job - eventually finding a place at a religious station, only to have things not go too well right from the first interview.
The husband (Lee Evans) of one of the women that Leon has been with seeks revenge, and finds that there's actually a support group for men whose marriage has been broken up by Leon. Together, they plan their attack while Leon seeks a mysterious love from his past. As one could probably guess, there's not much of a plot at all to "Ladies Man", nor is there one in any of the movies based on "SNL" skits - they're only short skits stretched into feature-length.
"Ladies Man" is certainly not the worst "SNL" picture that's been quickly produced to drop into theaters, but at the same time it's certainly not classic comedy, either. It's definitely helped along by Meadows - who is often priceless as Phelps - but there's points throughout the movie that can't find enough material to sustain the film's already short 84 minute running time, including some bits that seem lifted from Howard Stern's bio-film "Private Parts". Supporting performances were definitely thin - as solid actors like Lee Evans ("Mousehunt") are wasted. Shockingly (very, very shockingly - did she owe producer Lorne Michaels a favor?) , Julianne Moore ("Boogie Nights") turns up in a cameo as a clown.
"Ladies Man" doesn't quite succeed, but I was pleased to see that it wasn't without a few solid laughs.
The DVD
VIDEO: Paramount has been improving little by little with each release, and "Ladies' Man" definitely ranks as one of their best-looking efforts in recent months, mainly thanks to how well the film's vibrant color palette is presented. Paramount gives the film a great looking 1.85:1 anamorphic transfer, with excellent sharpness and detail, even in some of the dimly lit scenes.
Flaws were barely noticable. There were one or two extremely minor traces of pixelation, but otherwise the image remained completely clear and free of such irritants. The picture was even largely free of print flaws as only one or two extremely minor speckles were noticed, but definitely no marks or scratches were seen.
Colors looked excellent - the film boasts an often vibrant color palette with colors that look bright and well-saturated throughout, with no flaws. Flesh tones looked accurate, as well. Good work from Paramount.
SOUND: "The Ladies Man" is presented in Dolby Digital 5.1, and as one might expect, the film suffers from the usual "comedy" - style audio mix. The sound comes almost completely from the front speakers and aside from once or twice for the music, the surrounds remain absolutely silent. With the funky background music, there is a little helping of bass every so often, though.
MENUS:: Menus are non-animated, with very basic images serving as backgrounds. It would have been nice to have some 70's themed animation and background music.
EXTRAS:
Cast & Crew Interviews: As with many recent releases from Paramount, interviews from the cast and crew (in this case, about 11 1/2 minutes worth) are included. As one might expect from discussions about the film, there's not a great deal of technical information to be found, as the group talks about the history behind "Ladies' Man" and bringing the character to the screen.
Trailer: The film's trailer (Dolby 2.0).
Final Thoughts: Not a consistent laugh-riot, "Ladies' Man" still gets enough laughs thanks to Meadow's performance to possibly make it worth a rental. Paramount's DVD provides good audio/video quality and a couple of extras.
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