Making Mr. Right (1987)

User Rating:

5.1/10   

Director:

Susan Seidelman

Writers:

Floyd Byars (writer)
Laurie Frank (writer)

Release Date:

3 April 1987 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Romance | Sci-Fi

Plot:

A reclusive scientist builds a robot that looks exactly like him to go on a long term space mission...

Plot Keywords:

Android | Astronaut | Identity Swap | Birthday | Robot As Pathos

Cast

John Malkovich	...	Dr.Jeff Peters / Ulysses
Ann Magnuson	...	Frankie Stone
Glenne Headly	...	Trish
Ben Masters	...	Steve Marcus
Laurie Metcalf	...	Sandy
Polly Bergen	...	Estelle Stone
Harsh Nayyar	...	Dr. Ramdas
Hart Bochner	...	Don
Susan Berman	...	Ivy Stone
Polly Draper	...	Suzy Duncan
Christian Clemenson	...	Bruce
Merwin Goldsmith	...	Moe Glickstein
Sid Raymond	...	Manny
Sidney Armus	...	Jeweler
Robert Trebor	...	Tux Salesman

Runtime:

98 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Iceland:L | Australia:M | Finland:K-12 | UK:15 | USA:PG-13 | West Germany:6

Filming Locations:

Miami, Florida, USA

Company:

Barry & Enright Productions

Trivia:

John Malkovich, Glenne Headly, and Laurie Metcalf, have been acting together since the late-'70s as members of Chicago's Steppenwolf Theatre Company.

Goofs:

Plot holes: After Frankie looses Ulysses at the mall, she uses a pay phone to call Trish at her place. However, in her first car, there is a car-phone clearly visible on her dashboard. So, there would be no need to use a pay phone.

Quotes:

Over intercom at Chemtec: Paging Dr. Nebitol. Dr. Nebitol, your pizza is here.

Movie Connections:

Spoofs The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)

Soundtrack:

Happy Together

Not afraid to be brave

This is a fantastic film, it really is. The director took a risk in casting a relatively unknown actress (Magnuson) in a lead role, but that risk paid off - she turned in a faultless, feisty performance, and I really believed that she was a top notch confidant businesswoman whose love life was a mess. John Malkovich is equally good, and it is so nice to see him cast against type and doing comedy for a change - and two roles to boot - which he manages very well. A far cry from "Dangerous Liaisons", Malkovich works hard to give the android depth and character, when Ulysses could have easily become so two-dimensional. Instead we have the pleasure of watching him grow and gradually develop the emotions and human characteristics that we take for granted, so that if you rewind and watch how Ulysses was at the beginning, he will seem completely different. Equally, Dr Peters, though arrogant and dispassionate, does evoke some sympathy and compassion with the audience. In an ironic turn, watch how machinelike Jeff seems in comparison to Ulysses towards the end, you will be surprised!

Brilliant! The scene at the wedding when Ulysses tells Frankie he loves her was perfect and particularly moving.