![]() Married, and the pressure is all the greater now that Frankie's sister, Ivy (Susan Berman), is Her pushy mother (Polly Bergen) routinely reminds Frankie that she isn't They just don't have enough to work with.įrankie Stone (Magnuson) is a Miami-based publicist, whose professional success is offset by aĬhaotic personal life. Magnuson and John Malkovich (in a dual role) do their best to lend substance to the film, but Relying on slapstick comedy and romantic cliches to carry the narrative. Seidelman seems content to skim the idea's surface, The script by Floyd Byars ( Masterminds)Īnd Laurie Frank (an occasional director for SNL) posits the intriguing notion of an android becoming the perfect man, but then failsĮxplore the idea with the kind of ingenuity that would become a familiar theme on Star Trek: The Next Generation just a few years later. Right features Magnuson's only leading role, and it's too bad the film isn't better She appearedīriefly in Susan as a cigarette girl, but her most visible role at the time was in Tony Scott's The Hunger, where she played one half of a couple seduced and ravaged by Manhattan's downtown club scene as a singer, songwriter and performance artist. May have been hoping for a similar boost when she cast performance artist Ann Magnuson as the Filmmakers dream of such lucky timing, and Seidelman Supporting role) of an up-and-coming singer named Madonna, who, by the time the film hit Susan benefitted from the prescence (in a Her films since then has achieved a similar success. Right, and then making the most of it.Reviewed by Michael Reuben, January 27, 2016ĭirector Susan Seidelman had a surprise hit with 1985's Desperately Seeking Susan, but none of 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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