![]() ![]() I mention that he’s programmable? Despite these pleasing, battery-operatedįeatures, the plot is nonetheless rife with a certain amount of hilarious Unabashed panache of your fabulous gay boyfriend. Rent a tux, be your Plus One, and dance with you all night long with the Sensitive, romantically expressive, and a good gifter to boot, he’ll (generously!) endowed with a penis, Ulysses is the ultimate walking/talking dildo. John Malkovich portrays the Ulysses android-created in the image of his maker/sociallyĭesigned for space exploration, but-unlike a Ken doll-apparently Nonetheless refreshing, reversal of the standard trope of cinematic female Recursive sense of simultaneous critique and homage that repeatedly tractorīeams me to Magnuson in this and other roles. Frankie Stone’s performed as both character Played with an undeniable tongue-in-cheekiness-a hint of both kitsch and burlesque. ![]() As in all things Magnuson, the character’s I think I might like to become: sassy, eclectic, successful enough to beįlamboyantly neurotic and have it come across as at-least-sort-of-charming. Pixie cut, fabulous shoes, and funky eyewear, she’s stylish, edgy, arty-the embodiment of the sort of woman Okay, so yeah, her personal life is kind of a train wreck? But still! Small-town girl who’s made it in the big city. In a series of completely transparent projections, I read her as a Likeable smidge of vulnerable fluster, a dash of harried flakiness. Publicist Frankie Stone is all savvy, fast-talking cosmopolitanism-with an immediately How could this flick not hit that sweetly toxic trifecta of epicĭiaspora, impossibly doomed science-fictive relationships, and tragic John Malkovich), before he’s sent out on a scientific mission to explore outer ![]() Movie in which public relations expert Frankie Stone (played by Anne Magnuson)įalls in love with the android she’s been coaching to pass as human (played by Rocket ship into outer space? Then it’s on like Donkey Kong, as in Susan On the other hand, show me a movie like Starman? In which the beloved is an alien? Who hurtles off on a Mistaken identities and not-sleeping in Seattle and I will probably be all meh. Show me a nice rom-com with mail-getting and Thinking-they-can-mathematically-calculate-the-pattern-of-rain-falling odd.) So here’s the thing. Number of the men I’ve taken up with have just been, well. Let’s just pretend I’m probably not talking about you.) And yes, maybe a Or maybe it’s because a small portion of the Or maybe it’s about my chronic commitment issues. Right, and then making the most of it.About diaspora, about being the daughter of a first-generation Asian immigrant. This 80's cult classic demonstrates "A hilarious experience about meeting Mr. ![]() Quirky and hip, the characters are well developed and complete individuals. Mishaps and plenty of comedy continue, but the films ends up happily 80's predictable. Frankie was supposed to be teaching Ulysses how to be a well-mannered gentleman, but instead she's turned him into a girl-crazed walking disaster and Dr. Aside from his personal life, things aren't going according to plan at his job. He can't seem to shake the geeky Sandy (Laurie Metcalf) who is incessantly chasing him down and begging him for dates. Peters is also juggling some problems of his own. With her blue hair and un-shaved under arms, Ivy is reminiscent of another previously directed Susan Seidelman film, 1985's "Desperately Seeking Susan".Īlthough her life is complicated, Frankie is not the only one with problems Dr. Peters (John Malkovich) who modeled the robot after himself.įrankie has to teach Ulysses how to act like a human being, and as if that were not hard enough she also has to spend her spare time consoling her promiscuous friend Trish(Glenne Headley) because her actor-boyfriend cheated on her and she has to support her sister Ivy whose wedding is only a few days away. Frankie, played by Ann Magnuson (a triple-red threat with her red hair, red lipstick, and red car) is a busy image consultant who has just dumped her boyfriend, wanna-be Congressman Steve Marcus (Ben Masters).įrankie's new project at work is to get congress interested in some off-key machine called Ulysses Robot invented by Dr. Right" is set in 1987's Fluorescent-colored Florida and begins by introducing us to the main character Frankie Stone and her many problems. Any girl would agree that it takes many components to make a perfect man, but not every girl is lucky enough to have the chance to literally "make" him! One girl by the name of Frankie has the opportunity, but is making a perfect man as easy as it sounds? How hard can it be "Making Mr. ![]()
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