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- 2002
- R
- Castle Hill Productions
- 1 h 31 m
- 2002
- R
- Castle Hill Productions
- 1 h 31 m
Summary A lonely New York plumber poses as a film director in an attempt to meet women.
Directed By: John Walsh
Written By: Cynthia Kaplan, John Walsh
- 2002
- R
- Castle Hill Productions
- 1 h 31 m
- 2002
- R
- Castle Hill Productions
- 1 h 31 m
Pipe Dream
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Summary A lonely New York plumber poses as a film director in an attempt to meet women.
Directed By: John Walsh
Written By: Cynthia Kaplan, John Walsh
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 10 Critic Reviews
58
40% Positive
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
50% Mixed
5 Reviews
5 Reviews
10% Negative
1 Review
1 Review
Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 10 Critic Reviews
58
40% Positive
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
50% Mixed
5 Reviews
5 Reviews
10% Negative
1 Review
1 Review
The film satirizes, and celebrates, an idea pivotal to both Hollywood and love: that in a world of impostors, the pretender with the most conviction can become exactly what he pretends to be.
Donovan makes us totally believe the character and his predicament, co-star Mary-Louise Parker is especially witty and winning as the film's screenwriter.
Pic, which may be too cutesy for some tastes, is lacking in substance in some areas but it has a wonderfully nuanced, constantly surprising perf by Mary-Louise Parker, who elevates the intermittently charming insider spoof.
Does have its charms.
Neither Parker nor Donovan is a typical romantic lead, but they bring a fresh, quirky charm to the formula. Nor are their characters typical meet-cute types: David and Toni are imperfect people who are some how perfect for each other.
Stocked with an impressively high-quality collection of New York actors. Unfortunately, in asking them all to play such unlikable characters, Walsh flushes too much of that talent down the drain.
A stinker.
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