Tuesday, February 26, 2008

WHAT'S NEW PUSSYCAT? (4 STARS)

1965, Directed by Clive Donner and written by WOODY ALLEN. This is his first film he's written and his first film acting. You should know write off that Woody Allen is my favorite artist in the film world. To see his beginning was a fun experience. It helped that this is a hilarious outrageous romp of a comedy. I'm not quite sure what the definition of a sex comedy is but if anything, it's this. Peter Sellers plays a ridicules Frenchman annalist with a stupid haircut. He's married to a huge awful woman. His patient, played by Peter O'Toole, is a studly good looking man who's struggling with committing to his fiancee. After explaining his temptations with hundreds of beautiful sexy women, his doctor advises him to just go for it and make it with everyone, then he too decides to do the same. So the movie goes back and forth from affairs to commitments, to affairs.

As far as Woody Allen's slapstick joky humor, this is by far the best. Loaded with jokes that work, loaded with really really beautiful women, and starring 2 extremely funny male leads (and not just himself).

"I got a job dressing and undressing strippers..50 Francs a week"
"That's not much"
"Well, it's all i could afford"

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