What is pat
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | What is pat |
| Original title | It's Pat |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1994 |
| length | 73 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Adam Bernstein |
| script |
Jim Emerson , Stephen Hibbert , Julia Sweeney |
| production |
Charles B. Wessler , Richard S. Wright , Cyrus Yavneh |
| music |
Denis M. Hannigan , Mark Mothersbaugh |
| camera | Jeff Jur |
| cut | Norman Hollyn |
| occupation | |
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What is pat (Original title: It's Pat ) is an American comedy film from 1994 by director Adam Bernstein . Pat Riley , played by Julia Sweeney , has its origins in the popular television series Saturday Night Live . The film was a financial flop and received negative reviews across the board.
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The androgynous Pat Riley is a chubby, whiny and obnoxious young person who constantly changes jobs and looks for a steady livelihood. She meets Chris, who is also androgynous. The two fall in love and begin a relationship. Meanwhile, Pat's neighbor, Kyle Jacobsen, develops an unhealthy obsession: he wants to reveal Pat's gender and begins to pursue her. Kyle sends a band that Pat sings karaoke on to a TV show called America's Creepiest People , which brings the band Ween to Pat. They let Pat play the tuba during one of their performances . When Pat learns that the band intends to use them only for one gig, she and Chris end their relationship.
Kyle steals Pat's laptop, which has her diary on it, and tries to force her to give him the password so that he can access the files. Pat's only answer is that the password is in the dictionary. Kyle starts typing every single word in the dictionary.
Meanwhile, a gang of thugs who are also trying to expose Pat's gender begins to molest her. Distraught by the androgynous nature of the thugs, Pat complains to her friend, Kathy, who is a therapist and presenter on a radio talk show. When Pat intimidates the callers, Kathy is fired and replaced by Pat.
Kyle works through the entire dictionary down to the last word “zythum” (an Egyptian malt beer ), which is the password. After reading through the diary, he doesn't find any new information regarding Pat's gender and goes completely mad.
Kyle calls on Pat's radio show and tells her to go to Ripley's Believe It or Not! Museum as this is Pat's only chance to get her laptop back. Pat appears and finds Kyle dressed just like her. Kyle demands that Pat take off his clothes, and she runs away. After Kyle cornered Pat on a catwalk, she falls and her clothes get caught on a hook. This rips Pat's pants off, but her genitals are not revealed to Kyle or the audience. Kyle is being taken away by security guards. Pat then sets off to catch up with Chris, who is about to leave on an ocean liner. Pat and Chris get married in an epilogue.
During the end credits, you can see Kathy, who is hosting her radio show again. Your first call is Kyle, whose obsession drove him to transvestism .
Reviews
What is pat got a rare 0% rating on Rotten Tomatoes , where from 11 evaluated reviews not a single one was positive. With an average rating of 2.6 out of 10, it is also 98th in the table of the 100 worst-rated films in the Internet Movie Database . (As of November 30, 2017 with 8,877 votes cast)
Joe Leydon called the film in Variety on August 26, 1994 "shockingly uncomfortable". Julia Sweeney turned the "relatively harmless television character" into a "rowdy, complacent creep".
Charles Tatum wrote on eFilmCritic Reviews that he knew the film had a "terrible" reputation even before going to the cinema, but was unaware that it was "so terrible". He didn't laugh a single time. Tatum also wrote that he found Sweeney's character in the TV chains "nice" but that during the film he wished that someone would kill her.
On the other hand, the criticism in the lexicon of international films was relatively neutral : "A comedy in a relationship of a different kind, which addresses the burden and pleasure of being an outsider."
Awards
The film was nominated for the Golden Raspberry in the categories Worst Picture , Worst Actress , Worst Screen Couple , Worst Screenplay and Worst New Star . Julia Sweeney received the Stinker Award in the Worst Actress category .
background
The film was shot in California . The production cost was estimated at 8 million US dollars . The film only grossed $ 60,822 in US cinemas. That is why the screenings in the cinemas ended after the opening weekend.
Individual evidence
- ↑ What is Pat? at Rotten Tomatoes (English)
- ↑ IMDb Bottom 100
- ^ Review by Joe Leydon
- ^ Review by Charles Tatum
- ↑ What is Pat? In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed November 30, 2017 .
- ↑ Awards for What is Pat?
- ↑ Filming locations for What is Pat?
- ↑ Gross profit for What is Pat?
Web links
- What is pat in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- What is pat at Rotten Tomatoes (English)
- What is pat in the online film database