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Editor's Note
After years of playing supporting roles, SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE veteran Tim Meadows finally makes the leap to the big screen with this outrageous comedy, based on a popular sketch from the television show. Meadows is the hysterically exaggerated Leon Phelps, a smooth-talking, lisping, sex-loving skirt chaser, whose every line is even more crass and politically incorrect than the one before it. Just when everything seems to be sailing along smoothly, Phelps is fired from his job as a radio talk show host for making inappropriate comments on the air. As he searches for a new job with his too-good-to-be-true producing partner Julie (Karyn Parsons), he receives a letter from a woman claiming he is her true love. The only problem is that he can't figure out which of his many conquests she happens to be. By the time an angry mob of jealous husbands--led by the Greco-Roman wrestling Lance DeLune (Will Ferrell)--catches up with him, he has decided once and for all who he really wants. Meadows's obvious affection for his character shines through in THE LADIES MAN, providing the film with a surprising amount of sweetness. In addition to many SNL regulars, Julianne Moore appears briefly as a horny clown with an insatiable appetite for The Ladies Man.
| Features | Region 1 | | Keep Case - Checkpoint | | Single Side - Dual Layer | | Anamorphic Widescreen - 1.85 | | Letterbox - 1.85 | | Audio:
| Dolby Digital 5.1 - English |
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Release Information
|  | Release Date: 4/17/2001 |
| Running Time: 84 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 2000 | | Catalog ID: 337642 | | UPC: 00097363376422 | | Number of Discs: 1 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English | | Video: Color |
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| | Professional Reviews | New York Times
"...THE LADIES MAN [is] a giddy rave [with] amusing cameos..." 10/13/2000 p.E27Sight and Sound
"...[Meadows] has a sharp ear for the rhythms of speech, which he's honed during his two years on SNL..." 08/01/2001 p.49 Los Angeles Times
"...Meadows nimbly balances faux suavity and preening cluelessness....Reginald Hudlin directs this good-natured, frequently hilarious grab bag with a light touch..." 10/13/2000 p.C4 Uncut
"[A] razor-sharp comedy..." 08/01/2004 p.134 |
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