Written
by Dean
Kish
Cast::
Tim Meadows, Will Ferrell, Tiffani-Amber Thiessen, Billy
Dee Williams, Lee Evans
 Premise:
Tim
Meadows playing the exaggerated role of a Leon Phelps,
a smooth-talking, sex-lovin' skirt chaser whose every
line is even more crass and politically incorrect than
the one before it. In THE LADIES MAN, Phelps has been
fired from his job as a radio talk show host for making
inappropriate comments on the air, and, as he searches
for a new job, he receives a letter from a woman claiming
he is her true love. The problem is, he cannot figure
out which woman, of all those he's casually seduced
over the years, she might be.
Overall
Rating:
(out of 4)
Rated
R for sexual content and language.
“The
Ladies Man” stars Tim Meadows as his creation Leon
Phelps. Leon is a late night sex therapist on the radio
who believes deep down inside that he is god’s
gift to women. He struts around like a reject from the
70’s. In this feature film, Leon has slept with
to many married women thus creating a coalition to kill
the mysterious other man in so many marriages. This
coalition is commanded by an Olympian Greek wrestler,
played by another SNL alum Will Ferrell. Other prominent
figures in Leon’s life are his producer, Julie
(played by Fresh Prince of Bel Air alum Karyn Parsons),
and a loyal barkeep (Billy Dee Williams).
“The
Ladies Man” could be nominated as the worst SNL
adaptation on record yet. The first half you wonder
how many jokes can a film like this have about a sexaholic
who by pure fluke ends up sleeping with all these women.
Not for one minute did I believe that this guy was a
gigolo. He is obnoxious, blatantly retarded and insecure.
We also have the stupid voiceover of Billy Dee Williams
as he talks about where Leon came from and commentary
on what may be happening in his brain. I liked the whole
Hugh Hefner connection and personally it was the best
part of the film. Why not run with his whole story for
the film instead of summing it up in about five minutes.
The angle about the group of frustrated idiots running
after a bigger idiot to seek vengeance is the saddest
excuse for a comedy this critic has seen in a long time.
Couldn’t they have played a more interesting angle.
Then when the mob of idiots sent out to hunt down Leon
bursts into song I so wanted to run for the exits. That
wasn’t funny but just plainly bad. That whole scene
will remind me again and again why musicals have never
made a comeback.
For me the saddest moment in this film was the cameo
by Julianne Moore. Moore is a great actress and one
of my favorites. Why did she decide to play a horny
clown of all things? I almost cried when I saw that.
Poor, poor Julianne.
Why exactly would a successful woman like Julie fall
for such a loser? Why are all the people in this film
complete idiots? And why would an audience pay to see
this guy?
(1
of 5) So Says the Soothsayer.
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