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Dr. T & The Women

2000, Movie, R, 122 mins

Dr. T & The Women: Review

DR. T & THE WOMEN
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Why are the well-heeled and Neiman Marcus-clad wives of Dallas all stirred up to see Dr. T? If your OB/GYN looked like Sullivan "Sully" Travis (Richard Gere), you wouldn't be asking why these ladies-who-lunch opt to skip. Handsome, charismatic and much in demand among Dallas's female upper crust, Dr. T loves his job, loves his family and, most of all, loves women. But in Robert Altman's grand Texan take on the screen-worn subject of male-female relationships, Dr. T's world is about to careen out of control faster than you can say "darlin'". As the Travis family prepares to marry off perky cheerleading daughter Dee Dee (Kate Hudson), Sully's beautiful trophy wife (Farrah Fawcett) has been packed off to a sanitarium, suffering from what her shrink (Lee Grant) dubs "Hestia complex" (don't ask). Black-sheep daughter Connie (Tara Reid), a JFK-assassination buff, is inexplicably miffed by her sister's choice of the mysterious, dark-haired and big-boned Marilyn (Liv Tyler) as maid of honor, while champagne-addled sister-in-law Peggy (Laura Dern, in a comically brilliant performance) has invaded the Travis homestead with her three daughters and magnum-sized problems. But Dr. T also is under physical and spiritual siege at work, what with the complaints of his patients — mainly the insecure Dorothy (Janine Turner) — and staff, headed by Carolyn (Shelley Long), who herself has an itty-bitty crush on Dr. T. Offering some much-needed love and attention is Bree (Helen Hunt), the country club's new golf pro. Unfortunately, while Gere and Hunt tee-off nicely, their onscreen chemistry eventually wobbles into the sand trap — it's one of the film's few miscalculated shots. But Anne Rapp's snappy, loquacious and catty script gives the predominantly female ensemble plenty to chew on. Lyle Lovett's soundtrack provides a twangy musical backdrop, and the movie's hush-hush ending, like Texas, is B-I-G. leave a comment --Stephen Miller
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