Micki & Maude
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Movie Reviews of Micki & Maude
Movie Review: "Here kitty kitty..."
Summary: 5 Stars
Micki and Maude is so funny, original, and heartwarming film about a man who is married to two women and trying to keep the truth from slipping out. Dudley Moore is perfectly cast as Rob, Amy Irving and Ann Reinkling star as Rob's two brides. Directed by Blake Edwards, Micki and Maude is just one laugh and mishap after the other. I love, love, love this film, after all these years, this movie is still a riot. I highly recommend this comedic look at a bigamist with a heart of gold. Enjoy!Movie Review: "You're my woman...and I'm your man "
Summary: 4 Stars
Sorry, if you missed the humor in my review title. It's actually a quote from the film itself. And I don't memorize line from movies, unless they've really made some kind of impression , on me. "Micki and Maude" was impressionable , because it's hilarious. Not hilarious, like "The Jerk", or "Dumb and Dumber". It's not that kind of film. Rather it's hilarious, in the sense of it's dry wit and added humor ,into everyday life situations. Not overplayed or over the top. Hollywood doesn't make too many films like this anymore and that makes "Micki and Maude" , even more enjoyable. This is one of those ,little ,jewels, of a film , that has escaped the popularity and credit , that it's worth. I originally , saw "Micki and Maude" , back in the 80's , on HBO. I was a huge Dudley Moore fan , and so that was the initial appeal , and he's very funny as the story's leading character ( Rob ). I'm also a huge Blake Edwards fan , and this story is exemplirary of his directing and hilarious writing skills. Richard Mulligan also adds to this hilarious farce about a married man ( Dudley Moore ) , who falls for an ambitious , talented and very beautiful younger woman ( played by Amy Irving ). Things get complicated , as Rob ( Dudley Moore) tries to cover it up , from his wife and tries to keep his wife a secret from his mistress. If that sounds tricky , add the fact that he's madly in love with both and gets them both pregnant , at the same time. By today's Hollywood standards , this film would never get the greenlight. Simply because the formula of the script is entirely too murky. However , this film proves that with a wonderful script , director, and cast , that it is possible to make a highly entertaining film with this type of material. Moreover, " Micki and Maude " is a quaint little film , that harbors alot of it's storyline with chauvenistic themes. But who else can make this theme, more humor filled than Dudley Moore ? I've seen this film, countless times and I enjoy it even more, as I get older. A very funny film , to see on a lazy Sunday afternoon.Movie Review: Better-than-you'd-think bigamy farce
Summary: 4 Stars
Blake Edwards and Dudley Moore, who worked together brilliantly in 1979's 10, re-teamed in 1984 for a fast-paced, surprisingly funny farce. Newsman Moore meets cellist Amy Irving and falls in love, so when she becomes pregnant, he marries her. One minor hitch: Moore is still married to judge Ann Reinking, who's also pregnant. Moore runs himself ragged living two lives until both women go into labor on the same day. So, how do you make a really funny movie about bigamy that brings laughs without leaving a bad taste in your mouth? Answers: 1) Get Blake Edwards to direct it; 2) Don't give him a lot of time to second-guess himself. After getting fired from the Clint Eastwood-Burt Reynolds film City Heat (he may have quit, reports vary), Edwards latched onto Micki's script and managed to get it completed and into theaters the same month as the film he was bounced from. The tight production schedule probably worked to Edwards's benefit, since he didn't get the time to indulge his tendency to tinker and re-shoot scenes until they've become obvious and heavy-handed (see Blind Date for an example). The three leads are terrific, and there are nice supporting turns from character actors Richard Mulligan, Wallace Shawn and Lu Leonard. The letterboxed DVD is a must for this film: Edwards is one of the only comedy directors who can effectively use widescreen, but the results are pretty much unwatchable on pan-and-scan VHS. If the idea of a farce about bigamy doesn't rankle you, this is a lot of fun. It also may be the last great movie Dudley Moore ever made.Movie Review: pretty good
Summary: 3 Stars
this film had some good moments&then other moments where it kinda dragged in spots for me. I prefer other Blake Edwards Films&also Dudlet Moore.same with Amy Irving but they have Chemistry in here.i hadn't seen this film in years.it has some moments.Movie Review: The heartwarming topic of bigamy
Summary: 2 Stars
I picked up this movie after not seeing it in nearly 20 years. I didn't understand it then, being just as kid, and I still don't understand it now as an adult.
Dudley Moore made a career out of playing lovable, everyman characters who have human foibles (alcoholism for example). In this case it was infidelity. Dudley plays Rob, a man married to Micki, a powerhouse attorney who is not ready for (nor seems to want) children despite his wants. Loosing his interest because his wife doesn't share his same wants, Rob begins an affair with a cellist named Maude. Maude seems sweet and ernest, and she wants children just as much as Rob does. Maude discovers that she is pregnant, and Rob decides that he is going to leave Micki for the woman who is willing to have a family with him. When he is about to tell Micki this, Micki surprises him by telling him that she too is pregnant. Rob, in a series of screwball comic antics (it is a Blake Edwards movie, after all), is dashing in between the two women, living a double life as a husband to both women. In an inevitable coincidence, both Micki and Maude give birth in the same hospital on the same day, and his double life is discovered.
Bigamy is not funny, even if Blake Edwards is making a movie about how hilarious it can be. As an adult, I have had the privilage of seeing firsthand how infidelity has hurt both men and women, not to mention children. It's irresponsible and self centered. Rob is certainly not a typical bigamist, who is using and abusing women to support himself financially, not caring if any children are produced from the unions, then moves on to the next unsuspecting victim in another city. He seems to really love both of them. But, he's a coward. If he was a stand up guy, he would have done the right thing and ended one or both of the relationships. End of story.
And that ending? WTF is with that ending?! I can understand that both of the women, despite being shattered by his deception, would want to see him at least a few more times. And being that they both had children by him, despite his deception, he does have a right to see his kids if he wants to. But we see both women moving on in their careers (Micki as a judge, Maude as a concert cellist), and Rob is in the park with a bunch of kids running around him calling him Daddy?!?! What does that mean?! They both continue to see him, both have more kids with him, but HE takes care of them!?!?!? I gave this 2 stars for the comic antics only that pulled a few laughs here and there, but otherwise it deserved 1 based on that ending.
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