Plot
On the set of a playwright's new project, a love triangle forms between his wife, her ex-lover, and the call girl-turned-actress cast in the production.
Release Year: 2014
Rating: 6.2/10 (4,043 voted)
Critic's Score: 51/100
Director: Peter Bogdanovich
Stars: Imogen Poots, Owen Wilson, Jennifer Aniston
Storyline
On the set of a playwright's new project, a love triangle forms between his wife, her ex-lover, and the call girl-turned-actress cast in the production.
Writers: Peter Bogdanovich, Louise Stratten
Cast: Imogen Poots -
Isabella Patterson
Illeana Douglas -
Judy
Graydon Carter -
Limo Driver
Owen Wilson -
Arnold Albertson
Scott Campbell -
Hotel Guest #1
Erin Heatherton -
Hotel Guest #2
Melanie Hill -
Hotel Receptionist
Jake Hoffman -
Hotel Bellboy
Rhys Ifans -
Seth Gilbert
Richard Lewis -
Al Finkelstein
Cybill Shepherd -
Nettie Finkelstein
Debi Mazar -
Vickie
Austin Pendleton -
Judge Pendergast
George Morfogen -
Harold Fleet
Tovah Feldshuh -
Miriam Pendergast
Trivia:
The film was originally rated R by the MPAA for "some language" but the rating was surrendered and the film was released unrated. See more »
Goofs:
(at around 20 mins) When Jane lets the German Shepherd, Shep, into a taxi, she says, "Good girl." Later she refers to him as a male: "Come on, boy." See more »
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User Review
Author:
Rating: 4/10
I wandered into this in a theater in Europe without realizing it was
the work of Peter Bogdanovich. Even without knowing that, though, it
was obvious that the movie was trying to recapture the spirit of the
old screwball farce comedies, with many unsubtle allusions -- like a
private detective in a Pink Panther getup, or a cameo by a famous
director also known for borrowing from old films -- that were meant to
clue us in that the whole thing was a riff on movies and filmmaking
themselves. The problem is that the classic comedies of Hawks, Sturges,
Lubitsch and the like, at their best, had something besides farcical
events: great, witty writing, truly funny moments (not just "funny
coincidences"), a clearer send-up of wealth and social class. I'm
struggling to remember anything like that in "She's Funny That Way."
It's just a few hours later, and I can't recall a single line (other
than the one that keeps getting repeated, which we learn is also from
an old movie). It had the right sort of situation, setting, musical
underscoring, and the requisite "zany" characters and plot, but it felt
to me kind of like an empty shell, the outward mold of a screwball
comedy still waiting to be poured full of the really good stuff.
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