“Dr. T & the Women” (Robert Altman)
Dr. T & the Women Wealthy, successful gynecologist Sullivan Travis (Richard Gere) loves his seemingly perfect life. Unfortunately, his wife has a sudden mental breakdown, his lesbian daughter prepares to tie the knot with a man, daughter No. 2 obsesses over conspiracies, and his sister-in-law imbibes a gallon or two of champagne daily. Luckily, Travis discovers a woman (Helen Hunt) who may hold the answers to his problems.
1.5 stars.
Meh. Altman and his cast of dozens, mostly women. The characters flail about in a banal, Dallas life, talking too much, dressed like over-dressed sparrow-farts ( borrowing Vonnegut's phrase from somewhere). A 42 minute made-for-network-television dramedy, stretched out to tedious lengths. The last 20 minutes was ok, but the majority of the previous scenes of cacophony were entirely unnecessary.
I've dated 3 women from Dallas, so perhaps I'm biased, but if there is a more depressing major metropolitan city in America, I don't know of it. Dallas sucks.
Gee, My Texan friend is from Dallas, a.k.a. "Hate City" and your analysis might explain wh she is like Meryl Streep's character in "The Devil Wears Prada."
If you keep making reference to the movie, I might have to watch it.
I hate to stereotype, because nearly everything is more complicated, but I've known so many uptight bitches from Dallas.