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Ellen Barkin (Actor), Jimmy Smits (Actor), Blake Edwards (Director) | Rated: R (Restricted) | Format: DVD
3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
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Blake Edwards (Victor/Victoria) wrote and directed this sharp if somewhat underachieving satire about sexual politics, in which an unrepentant playboy (Perry King), with a long trail of broken hearts behind him, dies and comes back as a woman (Ellen Barkin). Barkin is terrific as a babe with the mind and soul of a stud, and her struggles to reconcile her male impulses with the realities of her new body are the best material in the film. Jimmy Smits is fine as her best friend (back when she was a he, however), and JoBeth Williams is memorable as one of the deceased fellow's castoffs--she ironically becomes an ally of his incarnation as a woman. This isn't Edwards at his greatest, but it's a highly watchable minor entry in his canon. --Tom Keogh

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*Author: Edwards, Blake/ Various Artists/ Smits, Jimmy *Binding Type: DVD-Video *Media Type: Video Product *Publication Date: 2005/05/31 *Language: English *Run Time: 104 minutes *Dimensions: 5.40 x 7.50 x 0.70 inches

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1.0 out of 5 stars This is Zone 2 and in European community we use zone1. You send it wrong and I don't know how I change in Amazon- Feb 5 2013
By Marta Galvão de Melo
Format:DVD|Amazon Verified Purchase
This is Zone 2 and in European community we use zone1. You send it wrong and I don't know how I change in Amazon.
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4.0 out of 5 stars A surprisingly good film Feb 22 2004
By emcentar
Format:VHS Tape
At first glance, this film appears like many afterlife concept films of its time: flawed man dies, must return to earth to do a good deed, agents in heaven and hell await the outcome. But this movie is surprisingly different, on a number of counts. First, it is less a tale about morality and goodness than it is about gender. And as a comedy about gender, it is both excelent and unique. This is in no small part due to the extremely talented Ellen Barkin, whose skill at physical comedy shines in this role as a man on earth in a woman's body.

The film takes quite a few unexpected turns before ending much too neatly, its greatest flaw.

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4.0 out of 5 stars worth it for Barkin's acting July 8 2003
By RMS Bear
Format:DVD
This well-done remake of "where's charlie" is made all that better by Ellen Barkin's performance.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Surprisingly deep
At first glance, this film looks like it's going to be a slapstick clone of so many other Blake Edwards' productions. Read more
Published on April 15 2003 by D. Roberts
4.0 out of 5 stars See How The Other Half Lives!
Blake Edwards does a fine job of directing his own original script for his gender, but not comically challenged film. .............. Read more
Published on July 1 2002 by Hillary
4.0 out of 5 stars See How The Other Half Lives!
Blake Edwards does a fine job of directing his own original script for his gender, but not comically challenged film. .............. Read more
Published on July 1 2002 by Hillary
5.0 out of 5 stars An Absolute Laugh Riot
Ellen Barkins character starts out the movie as a man who thinks nothing of using women like toilet paper. Read more
Published on Feb 13 2002 by "hawkjet"
1.0 out of 5 stars "Why Don't You Just Have an Abortion?"
Jimmy Smits' delivers this line so nonchalantly and with such a (forced) straight face that the effect is freakish and tacky. Read more
Published on Oct 19 2001
5.0 out of 5 stars great gender-bender comedy
Playboy Steve Brooks, who's spend most of his adult life loving and leaving women, is finally murdered by one of his ex-lovers. Read more
Published on Aug 27 2000
4.0 out of 5 stars Cool Movie
This was a very good movie. I thought it had a great plot, and great acting.. The only part that I didnt think meshed well was the ending... see it and find out what I mean..
Published on Dec 31 1999 by psycho_cherry
4.0 out of 5 stars Much better than reviews.Barkin nails female/male mix.
For a movie dismissed by reviewers as second-rate, I submit as evidence to the contrary the now countless times this film, it's issues, and Barkin's extraordinary performance have... Read more
Published on May 3 1999
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