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Dr. T and The Women is the latest movie from director Robert Altman. Altman is a name not known to many people, but some of his more popular movies include M*A*S*H*, Nashville, and The Player. Like many of his previous movies, Dr. T And The Women is a film with an ensemble cast. Richard Gere is Dr. T, a gynecologist who is popular with the ladies. He is having a mid-life crisis of sorts with his daughter Kate Hudson's upcoming marriage and his wife getting locked up in an asylum. Kate Hudson's sister also gets suspicious when Kate Hudson picks Liv Tyler as her bridesmaid from out of the blue. One thing I admired about Dr. T And The Women is that it handled a wide variety of characters in such a way that it wasn't confusing, unlike Magnolia, for example. All of the acting ranges from good to fantastic… Even Richard Gere proves himself decent in this movie! Liv Tyler is probably the worst of the bunch, although she has no lines, making it hard to tell if she has learned to act yet. The instrumental score works for this movie very well and the plot never gets boring either. One major weak point in Dr. T And The Women is how it drops some major characters early on in the movie only to revisit them around the end. Another major flaw is the ending, which feels like it should belong in a different film. Dr. T And The Women is a chick flick, but it makes you think a little bit after watching it, which is refreshing. I give Dr. T And The Women *** out of ****. |