Ajouter une intrigue dans votre langueAn actor holds a burglar hostage on New Year's Eve, after his girlfriend leaves him and his cat dies.An actor holds a burglar hostage on New Year's Eve, after his girlfriend leaves him and his cat dies.An actor holds a burglar hostage on New Year's Eve, after his girlfriend leaves him and his cat dies.
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Just saw a screening of this at Outfest. Despite it being based on one of my favorite novels (Kirkwood also wrote A Chorus Line) I was a bit disturbed to see 80's cheeseball actor Steve Guttenberg (he of Police Academy fame) as the director and star. Let me be the first to say I was pleasantly surprised. Not only was the film wonderful but Guttenberg's against type portrayal of a down-on-his luck actor who begins to doubt his heterosexuality in the face of tragedy managed to completely make me reevaluate his acting prowess. His hissy fit in the scene where he finds out his girlfriend is leaving him for another man is absolutely hilarious as are his comic interactions with his burglar/prisoner (Lombardo Boyar) which are both touching and funny. All in all a very good adaption of a very good book...one of the better independent films of the year from Steve Guttenberg of all people...who would have thought it?
Howard Stern fans keep on the lookout for one-time Howard sidekick/E! Scandals host/NY Gossip Columnist AJ Benza in a over-the-top turn as a gay hairdresser who tries to rape Guttenberg...LOL... hilarious!
Howard Stern fans keep on the lookout for one-time Howard sidekick/E! Scandals host/NY Gossip Columnist AJ Benza in a over-the-top turn as a gay hairdresser who tries to rape Guttenberg...LOL... hilarious!
Jimmy (Steve Guttenberg), a failed writer and actor, comes home on New Years Eve to find his girlfriend has left him, his cat has died and a gay burglar (Lombardo Boyar) is robbing his place...for the third time that month. He captures him, ties him up and things get strange.
James Kirkwoods' play was an off-Broadway hit in the 1970s. I never saw it but I read the script and it was wonderful. This film comes far too late--the play was very much of its time. The gay character (which was pretty revolutionary when the play came out) is old hat by now and the movie feels washed out. Basically the comedy doesn't work. Boyar is VERY good in his role but Guttenberg (who can be good) was pretty bad. Maybe both directing and acting for the movie was too much. The two actors have no chemistry at all (even though Boyar is trying). The movie isn't unwatchable...it's just no big deal. Also Guttenberg's apartment was WAY too big and beautifully decorated for a starving artist. They also (badly) changed the ending of the play.
So it's worth seeing for Boyar alone. Also he's got guts--he spends half the movie tied down with his pants cut wide open showing his back side. I give it a 7 for him alone.
James Kirkwoods' play was an off-Broadway hit in the 1970s. I never saw it but I read the script and it was wonderful. This film comes far too late--the play was very much of its time. The gay character (which was pretty revolutionary when the play came out) is old hat by now and the movie feels washed out. Basically the comedy doesn't work. Boyar is VERY good in his role but Guttenberg (who can be good) was pretty bad. Maybe both directing and acting for the movie was too much. The two actors have no chemistry at all (even though Boyar is trying). The movie isn't unwatchable...it's just no big deal. Also Guttenberg's apartment was WAY too big and beautifully decorated for a starving artist. They also (badly) changed the ending of the play.
So it's worth seeing for Boyar alone. Also he's got guts--he spends half the movie tied down with his pants cut wide open showing his back side. I give it a 7 for him alone.
Jimmy is still getting over the death of his best friend. His one-man show gets the axe. He's being evicted from his apartment. His girlfriend leaves him for another guy, and his cat dies. He's been burglarized 2--now almost 3 times--this month. Eddie the divorced father turned gay burgler picked the wrong day to mess with Jimmy.
After having wrecked my car this week, enduring some rotten weather, and a handful of other minor complaints, I watched this movie. I realized, like Jimmy, that it could be much worse, but everything works out for the best in the end. This isn't the best (or worst) movie, but it is worth the warm, fuzzy feeling you get at the end.
After having wrecked my car this week, enduring some rotten weather, and a handful of other minor complaints, I watched this movie. I realized, like Jimmy, that it could be much worse, but everything works out for the best in the end. This isn't the best (or worst) movie, but it is worth the warm, fuzzy feeling you get at the end.
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Funny stuff. I laughed my ass off. I went in on a whim and I was glad that I did. It was a real emotional roller coaster. I couldn't make up my mind with what they were trying to say with the ending, but aside from that it was fun.
This film has without a doubt the most hilarious scene any movie has ever had. I laughed so hard I nearly hurt myself. I had no idea what to expect when I ordered the DVD online - the only reason I got it was because Steve Guttenberg was in it and I absolutely LOVE him - is there anyone more adorable in the movies than Steve? I don't think so. In fact it is his adorable nature that works so well in this film. It's such a contrast from the dark side that threatens to overwhelm the adorable side. It's hit and miss whether the good or the bad will win out and you are kept at the edge of your seat because you are with him 100% and you support whatever he does because he has a right to do it. Am I vague enough? Have I whetted your appetite to see the film? I have been a Steve Guttenberg fan ever since I can remember. He really has a unique quality that no actor in film has and that quality is what made him a star. The supporting cast is also superb - everyone of them - but it's Steve who really rules the roost. And you love him every minute.
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- AnecdotesMeghan Rafferty's debut.
- GaffesWhen Jimmy is about to hit Kate with the bat, he has a full beard in one shot and loses it the next.
- Citations
Eddie Tesoro: You're having a nervous breakdown.
Jimmy Zoole: Aren't you lucky to have a ringside seat?
- ConnexionsReferenced in Diminishing Returns: 3 Men and a Baby (2019)
- Bandes originalesLoco
Written, Produced and Recorded by Michael Sembello, Scott Adams and Ken Meyers
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- Budget
- 2 000 000 $US (estimé)
- Montant brut aux États-Unis et au Canada
- 28 454 $US
- Week-end de sortie aux États-Unis et au Canada
- 9 424 $US
- 19 janv. 2003
- Montant brut mondial
- 28 454 $US
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By what name was P.S. Your Cat Is Dead! (2002) officially released in Canada in English?
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