Release Date:
Friday, October 13, 2000
With Tim Meadows starring in his first feature-length role, joined by always funny Will Ferrell, serious actress Julianne Moore, and Godfather of Smooth Billy Dee Williamsyes!we figured The Ladies Man might be able to score some much-needed points for a Saturday Night Live production. Unfortunately, the laughs are limited and the script fails to strengthen the lead characters appeal beyond a bottle of Courvoisier and some sweet threads.
Leon Phelps is a late-night talk-show host who gets fired for giving vulgar advice to his Chicago audience, including a plea for listeners to, Do it in the butt. Along the way he deals with a by-the-book co-host (Karyn Parsons), a former lover (Tiffani-Amber Thiessen), and a brigade of husbands hell bent on shutting down his adulterous ways. Although we are amused by Meadows injection of phrases like tang and bus-station skank on national TV, its just not enough to keep us in the theater.
Leon Phelps is a late-night talk-show host who gets fired for giving vulgar advice to his Chicago audience, including a plea for listeners to, Do it in the butt. Along the way he deals with a by-the-book co-host (Karyn Parsons), a former lover (Tiffani-Amber Thiessen), and a brigade of husbands hell bent on shutting down his adulterous ways. Although we are amused by Meadows injection of phrases like tang and bus-station skank on national TV, its just not enough to keep us in the theater.