Micki + Maude (1984) 5.9
A bigamist must keep his wives from meeting each other, which becomes tricky when they're both pregnant. Director:Blake EdwardsWriter:Jonathan Reynolds |
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Micki + Maude (1984) 5.9
A bigamist must keep his wives from meeting each other, which becomes tricky when they're both pregnant. Director:Blake EdwardsWriter:Jonathan Reynolds |
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Dudley Moore | ... |
Rob Salinger
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Amy Irving | ... |
Maude Salinger
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Ann Reinking | ... |
Micki Salinger
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Richard Mulligan | ... |
Leo Brody
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George Gaynes | ... |
Dr. Eugene Glztszki
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Wallace Shawn | ... |
Dr. Elliot Fibel
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John Pleshette | ... |
Hap Ludlow
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H.B. Haggerty | ... |
Barkhas Guillory
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Lu Leonard | ... |
Nurse Mary Verbeck
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Priscilla Pointer | ... |
Diana Hutchison
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Robert Symonds | ... |
Ezra Hutchison
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George Coe | ... |
Governor Lanford
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Gustav Vintas | ... |
Dr. Kondoleon
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Ken Olfson | ... |
Interior Decorator
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Philippe Denham | ... |
TV Cameraman
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TV reporter Rob Salinger is married to Micki, but because she's always busy working, they hardly ever spend time together. One night at which he got stood up by Micki again, Rob meets cellist Maude and they soon get romanticly involved. When it turns out Maude is pregnant with his baby, Rob decides to marry Maude. When he's on the verge of telling Micki, she tells him she's pregnant, so he doesn't have the heart to leave her, but he marries Maude anyway. Now married to two pregnant women who don't know about each other, Rob has a busy time taking care of both and keep them from finding out. Written by &view=simple&sort=alpha">Leon Wolters <wolters@strw.LeidenUniv.nl>
Reporter Rob Salinger (Dudley Moore) is married to ambitious Micki (Ann Reinking). He wants a baby--she doesn't. He meets sweet Maude (Amy Irving) and starts having an affair with her. Then he ends up getting them both pregnant!
OK bigamy isn't funny--but this is just a movie that's not to be taken seriously. It's (for Blake Edwards) very sweet-natured and gentle. It does have his usual slapstick humor but also has some nice funny verbal jokes and is very romantic. Moore is great--he tones down his usual manic persona and gives a very affecting performance. Richard Mulligan also is great as his boss and pal Leo. Amy Irving is just incredibly beautiful and sweet. There's also a hysterical visit to a doctors office and the end when Moore goes full blast in a hospital. There's also a bit with nude male models with guns that's an eyeopener. This is far from perfect however. It takes its own sweet time getting started and doesn't even have an ending--it just sort of stops. Also Reinking is pretty bad in her role. She manages to overact AND underact at the same time--but she's known more for her dancing then acting. All in all a sweet, funny and romantic comedy. I give it an 8.