Alicia I love this movie so much

Voxitype Good films always raise compelling questions, whether the format is fiction or documentary fact.

AshUnow This is a small, humorous movie in some ways, but it has a huge heart. What a nice experience.

Kaelan Mccaffrey Like the great film, it's made with a great deal of visible affection both in front of and behind the camera.

Woodyanders Neurotic Nancy (superbly played by Genieve Bujold) gives advice to the lovelorn in Los Angeles over the airwaves of her popular radio program under the guise of husky-voiced talk radio host Dr. Anne Love. Nancy rents a room from sultry bar owner Eve (a marvelous performance by Lesley Ann Warren), who doesn't know that Anne is Dr. Love. Both Nancy and Eve become involved with charming mysterious drifter and pathological liar Mickey (a terrific and charismatic portrayal by Keith Carradine), who's a mental hospital escapee with an enigmatic past. Writer/director Alan Rudolph deftly concocts an utterly intoxicating seriocomic cinematic meditation on the constant pursuit of love, lies and deception, the complexities of human communication, and the disappointments of romantic relationships. Moreover, Rudolph does a masterful job of creating and sustaining a deliciously smoky and jazzy retro 40's film noirish romantic atmosphere that's significantly enhanced by the throbbing and sensuous bass voice of Teddy Pendergrass on the soundtrack and Jan Kiesser's beautifully glowing neon-lit cinematography. The uniformly first-rate acting from a tip-top cast constitutes as another substantial plus: Bujold, Warren, and Carradine are all wonderful in the leads, with sterling support from Rae Dawn Chong as frustrated would-be poet Pearl Antoine, Patrick Bauchau as Pearl's smooth heel husband Zack, and John Larroquette as smitten bartender Billy Ace. One of the key pleasures of this smart and sophisticated adult entertainment is the clever, crazy and surprising ways the characters' lives continually intersect throughout the intricate and unpredictable narrative. Better still, there's a genuine freshness and spontaneity evident throughout that's a true joy to behold. Granted, the languid pacing and quirky tone take a little getting used to, but this film overall casts an extremely enchanting spell that's impossible to either dislike or resist. Highly recommended.

eascheffler This movie is one of my all time favorites. The other folks covered some of its highlights, let me add a couple. This dark smoky film noir is one of those romantic bedroom farces where everyone ends up sleeping with each other at least once in their search for love and fulfillment, while a saxophone wails jazzy riffs in the background.Irony is in this movie's constant embrace. Dr. Love is a relationship "expert" who has no experience therein and has no idea what love is. Mickey is "a compulsive liar" whose every utterance turns out to be right on the money, yet no one believes a word. Pearl is black, nicknamed Whitey, who tries to write poetry but can't write a pearl to save her soul. Johnny Aces does virtually nothing but strike out. Start getting the picture? Add postmodern touches like referential film posters at Pearl's place, the appearance of Ed Ruscha-famous ironic painter-and you've got Alan Rudolph's best picture. It's a gem from start to finish.

marymorrissey Although I have to say it's . . . a little disconcerting to rate a movie#1 and I think top 10 lists are like. . . film festival programming, itseems to be an impossible job to make one that is at all sound... Ihave to say nonetheless that this is my favorite movie of all time.Aside from the entertainment value and the sweetness what reallyis profound about this movie is it's view of love/romance. It's veryantiromantic or anti hollywood romance tradition in its wisdom tosuggest that love isn't a matter of finding "the one" as keithcarradine says in the movie "there might be plenty of other peoplewho would fit the bill but we're here and they're not" it's about 2people making a decision to lose it for each other . . . At the sametime AR's films really do seem to have this "one and only" theme,e.g. The Moderns. So. .. it's kind of dialectical or what have you, too. It's too bad his earlier film "Remember My Name" is pretty much offthe map. Starring Geraldine Chaplin and Anthony Perkins it wasanother of his really interesting movies. Just about everything elsesince from him has been such a disappointment. I didn't manageto see "Afterglow" I'm sorry to say. "Trixie" was just a piece ofgarbage. I don't know what happened to this guy . . . sigh

vvanpo This movie holds a special place for me because I consider it to be my first "adult" film. Meaning this is the first movie made for adults with adult themes that I really paid attention to and liked. This doesn't mean it contains a lot of nudity and profanity. Actually it doesn't have much of either and that's a relief.Keith Carradine is great as Mickey, a man will marry any woman he kisses. A man suffering the trials and tribulations of someone who always tells the truth. Two of the women that come into his life are "Ann" (also Nancy Love) and "Eve" (also Eve). Genevieve Bujold and Lesley Ann Warren play them with style.Pepper it with characters make this movie a light treat. Alas it has dated a bit from its '80's self. But the Freddy Pendergrass music is still marvelous and sets "Choose Me"'s mood right.