| | | The comedy that glows in the dark.
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The misadventures of a man who is a compulsive womanizer. His failed marriage comes as a surprise to absolutely no one but him. He realizes that he should change his ways, but instead, he spends most of his time trying to change his women.
Editor's Note
Blake Edwards's return to the male-in-meltdown territory he explored in 10 and THAT'S LIFE stars John Ritter as unemployed writer Zach, who is not only suffering from writer's block, but his drinking is out of control, as is his obsessive womanizing, and, not surprisingly, his wife wants to end their marriage. To add to his problems, his house has just burned down, and his agent is knocking at death's door. But since this is a Blake Edwards comedy, Zach has enough charm and relative affluence to continue his pursuits, which the director regards with a bemused deatchment. One of his girlfriends sets his piano on fire, and another gets him to wear a glow-in-the-dark condom, allowing him to engage in a condom duel with her jealous, similarly clad rock-star boyfriend. Eventually, Zach turns to fatherly bartender Barney (Vince Gardenia), who should have long ago cut off his bar tab, and psychiatrist Dr. Westford (choreographer Michael Kidd), and both tell him to stop destroying himself through drink. Ritter rings some surprisingly complex changes in the wildly farcical film, and, in the condom battle, participates in one of the funniest moments ever committed to celluloid while suggesting an interesting new subtext.
Plot Summary
Zach loves his ex-wife. He loves her so much he's willing to do anything to get her back. Except give up women. Or give up booze. Or go back to work.
| Features | Subtitles: English, French, Spanish | | Trailers | | Cast/Crew Interviews | | Audio: English, French 5.1 Dolby Digital | | Featurette | | Animated Interactive Menus |
| Technical Info
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Release Information
| | Studio: Warner |
| Release Date: 2/3/2004 |
| Running Time: 101 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 1989 | | Catalog ID: 13607 | | UPC: 00085391360728 | | Number of Discs: 1 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English, French Dubbed | | Available Subtitles: English, French, Spanish | | Video: Color |
Aspect Ratio | | 2.35:1 |
| Cast & Crew
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| | Professional Reviews | USA Today
"...Pleasing work by Reed, Nina Foch, Julianne Phillips, Michael Kidd and others..." 03/03/1989 p.4DLos Angeles Times
"...SKIN DEEP has a couple of the funniest moments Edwards ever devised..." 03/03/1989 p.C6 Chicago Sun-Times 7 of 10
...[Ritter] is able to handle the trickiest part of playing a drunk in a movie, which is to understand that you are both the clown and the straight man... This is a smart, sensitive film that knows a lot about human nature, and it also has sequences that are deliberately designed to outrage. - Roger Ebert
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