Making Mr. Right - A man à la carte

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Movie
German title Making Mr. Right - A man à la carte
Original title Making Mr. Right
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 1987
length 98 minutes
Age rating FSK 6
Rod
Director Susan Seidelman
script Floyd Byars , Laurie Frank
production Dan Enright , Susan Seidelman, Joel Tuber , Mike Wise
music Chaz Jankel
camera Edward Lachman
cut Andrew Mondshein
occupation

A man à la Carte - Making Mr. Right (original title Making Mr. Right is a) American comedy from 1987. The director led Susan Seidelman , the screenplay written Floyd Byars and Laurie Frank . The main roles were played by John Malkovich and Ann Magnuson . The film grossed only 1.6 million US dollars in the United States . The German theatrical release was September 7, 1987.

action

The PR Adviser Frankie Stone puts an end to her boyfriend, a politician. She is hired by a corporation to develop a public relations campaign that would convince the US government to promote the development of an Android .

When the android Ulysses sees Stone for the first time, he passes out. Stone teaches him good manners. Its developer, the outsider Dr. Jeff Peters, is upset that Ulysses was built to spend several years alone in space. Stone remarks sarcastically that Peters can learn from Ulysses how to be human.

The robot falls in love with Frankie, follows her to a party and falls into the pool. This makes Ulysses the main topic in the media, he is even said to have an affair with Princess Diana . A little later Frankie gets a visit; when the guest kisses her, she realizes that he is not Dr. Peters but Ulysses is. A little later, Dr. Peters, who takes on the space mission instead of the robot.

Reviews

Roger Ebert praised the leading actors and some supporting actors such as Robert Trebor in the Chicago Sun-Times of April 10, 1987. He compared the change in character of Ulysses with the change that Jeff Bridges went through in the role of an alien in the movie Starman . Ebert praised the way in which the director Susan Seidelman staged the scenes in which Dr. Peters and Ulysses are confused.

The German Film and Media Evaluation FBW in Wiesbaden awarded the film the title valuable.

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