Hugo Pool
by Robert Downey Sr.
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Actor: Alyssa Milano, Malcolm McDowell, Mark Boone Junior, Robert Downey Jr., Sean PennDirector: Robert Downey Sr.
Brand: Genius
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 94 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2006-12-26
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: Wellspring Media
Movie Reviews of Hugo Pool
Movie Review: Hidden Delights
Summary: 4 Stars
Fantastic dark, witty comedy. I love this movie for several reasons, one being that it truly shows the depths of the human character, and another being how "6 degrees of separation" is one of the greatest truths mankind will ever know. And Robert Downy Jr. gives a stellar performance as a drunk gay down on his luck producer/director. Look for tons of cameos, and plenty of unexpected surpises.
Summary of Hugo Pool
Patrick Dempsey of Grey's Anatomy stars in this hilarious comedy about a young pool cleaner (Alyssa Milano). In the course of one day, she manages to clean 44 pools, while dealing with eccentric and dangerous clients. She also helps her parents grown up and still manages to find time to fall in love.There's a fine line between quirky and gimmicky; at times Hugo Pool can't decide whether to be a cute comedy or a mawkish melodrama. Alyssa Milano is Hugo, the owner-operator of a pool company. She has a staggering 44 pools to service in one day, so she shanghais her gambling-addicted mom (Cathy Moriarty), a drug-whacked director (Robert Downey Jr.), and a new client, who happens to be an ALS (Lou Gehrig's disease) sufferer (Patrick Dempsey), to help her. Hugo's under an or-else deadline to fill a mobster's (Richard Lewis) pool, so she dispatches her alcoholic junkie dad (Malcolm McDowell) to fetch Colorado River water in a tank truck and bring it back. He picks up a strange hitchhiker (Sean Penn) and becomes obsessed with his shoes; meanwhile, a romance blooms between Hugo and the new client. Of course, Milano is the only sane one in this melange of weirdoes. McDowell channels both Jimmy Durante and Wallace Beery in a bizarre role, Sean Penn is inexplicable, and a rough-looking Downey Jr.?sports an indeterminate accent (imagine if Inspector Clouseau was from, say, Romania). Fans of eccentric comedies and offbeat characters (and Alyssa Milano) may enjoy this, while others may find it a little contrived and tedious. --Jerry Renshaw
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