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An early film of hotty Patrick Dempsey, of Greys Anatomy. Hugo Pool is about a young pool cleaner, Alyssa Milano, who in the course of one day, cleans 44 pools, deals with eccentric and dangerous clients, helps her parents grow up and still finds time to fall in love.
"...slice of life in Southern California." Shannon J. Harvey, Sunday Times
Editor's Note
Scantily clad L.A. pool cleaner Hugo Duguay (Milano) encounters all manner of bizarre and deviant characters while on a mission to fill the pool of a kvetchy Mafioso. This ensemble effort from cult director Downey (Sr., of "Putney Swope" fame) cuts close to home, with Downey Jr. cast as a violent filmmaker and Dempsey as the love interest, who is afflicted with Lou Gehrig's Disease (the same ailment which claimed the life of Downey's wife, who co-scripted).
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Release Information
| | Studio: Wellspring Media Inc |
| Release Date: 9/26/2006 |
| Running Time: 94 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 1997 | | Catalog ID: 78900 | | UPC: 00796019789004 | | Number of Discs: 1 |
Audio & Video
| | Video: Color |
Aspect Ratio | | Widescreen 1.85:1 |
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| | Professional Reviews | New York Times
"...A whimsical, stylistic throwback to those psychedelic days of yesteryear....[It] conveys an antic poignancy..." 12/12/1997 p.E26ReelViews 9 of 10
Hugo Pool promotes awareness of ALS (commonly known as Lou Gehrig's Disease), the degenerative condition that claimed the life of the film maker's wife and co-screenwriter, Laura, in 1994. True to his nature, however, Downey never gets maudlin or preachy about the subject...The supporting cast is top-notch. Malcolm McDowell does his best Jimmy Cagney accent while portraying an ex-druggie with an unusual method of therapy. Cathy Moriarty is a woman who will go to any lengths to place a new bet. Sean Penn plays a mysterious drifter who wears a registered pair of blue shoes... - James Berardinelli
The Onion A.V. Club 7 of 10
When Hugo Pool was released to a small number of theaters last year, it was savaged by most critics as a self-indulgent, unwatchable mess. Although the film is to some extent a shambles - full of broadly drawn, self-consciously quirky characters and cutesy conceits - it is nonetheless a sweet, winning diversion that meanders enjoyably on the strength of its laid-back charm...while Hugo Pool's conception of its lead character subscribes to an outdated virgin-as-symbol-of-innocence-in-a-corrupt-world model, the film is as sunny, pleasant, and inconsequential as a warm summer afternoon. - Nathan Rabin
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