Dr T and the Women

Artisan Entertainment | Release Date: October 13, 2000

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64	METASCORE Generally favorable reviews based on 35 Critic Reviews

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William Arnold

Altman always manages to pop up with another masterpiece -- and darned if he hasn't done it again. Read full review

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Michael Wilmington

It's a joy. Altman does Dallas the way he did "Nashville" in Nashville or Hollywood in "The Player."

Lou Lumenick

Altman and Rapp skirt the fine line between satire and caricature, stopping just short of ridiculing the women who pack Dr. T's office.

Owen Gleiberman

Funny and ebullient look at a man in full confusion. Read full review

Peter Travers

Altman orchestrates Dr. T's odyssey with the precision, heart and lively wit of a virtuoso.

Kevin Thomas

Rapp is clearly in sync with Altman's peerless sense of rhythm and knows how to write incisively and economically for Altman's cherished large ensemble casts. Read full review

Dana Stevens

The movie's sexual politics are as contrived as its plot, which veers off into one of the surprise endings of which Mr. Altman is so fond. Read full review

David Edelstein

A giddy ballet in which the women whirl around a still, clueless man. Read full review

Dallas ObserverRobert Wilonsky

Altman gladly admits there's not much of a story here; his movies are driven by characters. Read full review

David Sterritt

Some will dislike its shaggy-dog screenplay and restless camera work, and others may find its finale too postfeminist for comfort. Read full review

Jack Mathews

One of the curmudgeonly director's sweetest films, and features one of Richard Gere's most affecting performances. Read full review

Roger Ebert

Altman would never admit this, but I believe Dr. T, the gynecologist in his latest film, is an autobiographical character. Read full review

Wesley Morris

A finely coiffed, cream-cheese "8 1/2" remix with Gere, a Marcello Mastroianni for Oprah Winfrey times.

Jay Carr

A comedy of chaos, an ensemble comedy, with characters swirling around one another unaware, in their uniform desperation, of how funny they are.

Peter Stack

Provocative, audacious. Read full review

Rene Rodriguez

Gere has never been better cast.

Jonathan Rosenbaum

Prior to its hyperbolic final act, this is one of Robert Altman's most skillful and least bombastic features in some time. Read full review

Todd McCarthy

Gere breaks through with what may or may not be his best performance. Read full review

Desson Thomson

If you skim along the surface of this movie, you'll have more fun than if you submit the movie to scrutiny. Read full review

Mr. ShowbizKevin Maynard

A jauntily entertaining ride.

Mike Clark

The movie's pleasures extend even to the visuals, which are more lustrous than in any other Altman movie. Read full review

Carrie Rickey

The movie that pretends to celebrate women devolves into the complaint of a wronged man.

Chris Kaltenbach

This would be an excellent movie from a first-time filmmaker, but from one of America's premiere directors, it's a disappointment.

TV Guide MagazineStephen Miller

Rapp's snappy, loquacious and catty script gives the predominantly female ensemble plenty to chew on. Read full review

Stephanie Zacharek

Almost all of the movie's romantic lunacy is too calculated and sly; the picture never quite sweeps us away. Read full review

Film.comJohn Hartl

It's a terrific showcase for Richard Gere, Shelley Long, Farrah Fawcett and a number of other actors who almost seemed to have been written off. Read full review

Film.comPeter Brunette

Altman is just as nastily misogynistic as ever. Read full review

Dennis Lim

A flabby farce in which everyone seems to be making it up as they go along. Read full review

TNT RoughCutAndy Klein

Belongs somewhere in the low middle of Altman's output -- not up to "Cookie's Fortune," but way better than, say, "Beyond Therapy," which remains his worst film by some margin.

Richard Corliss

The film's blithe misogyny soon becomes wearying; it refuses to see women as more than the sum of their private parts. Read full review

Kim Morgan

Bad comedy.

Film.comElizabeth Weitzman

Though it starts out as amusing satire, the jokes become as neurotic as Dallas' female population, and the film spins out of control in every way. Read full review

Rita Kempley

Though it's allegedly a comedy, there is nothing funny about this tasteless, shallow and mean-spirited slam. Read full review

Marjorie Baumgarten

The comedy is often harsh and cruel. Read full review

Manohla Dargis

About the only good thing to say about this mess is that it's rotten enough that even Altman cultists may be forced to reconsider their devotion. Read full review