Dr. T and the Women

Seattle Post-Intelligencer William Arnold

Altman always manages to pop up with another masterpiece -- and darned if he hasn't done it again.

Chicago Tribune Michael Wilmington

It's a joy. Altman does Dallas the way he did "Nashville" in Nashville or Hollywood in "The Player."

New York Post Lou Lumenick

Altman and Rapp skirt the fine line between satire and caricature, stopping just short of ridiculing the women who pack Dr. T's office.

Entertainment Weekly Owen Gleiberman

Funny and ebullient look at a man in full confusion.

Rolling Stone Peter Travers

Altman orchestrates Dr. T's odyssey with the precision, heart and lively wit of a virtuoso.

Los Angeles Times Kevin Thomas

Rapp is clearly in sync with Altman's peerless sense of rhythm and knows how to write incisively and economically for Altman's cherished large ensemble casts.

The New York Times Dana Stevens

The movie's sexual politics are as contrived as its plot, which veers off into one of the surprise endings of which Mr. Altman is so fond.

Slate David Edelstein

A giddy ballet in which the women whirl around a still, clueless man.

Dallas Observer Robert Wilonsky

Altman gladly admits there's not much of a story here; his movies are driven by characters.

Boston Globe Jay Carr

A comedy of chaos, an ensemble comedy, with characters swirling around one another unaware, in their uniform desperation, of how funny they are.

San Francisco Chronicle Peter Stack

Provocative, audacious.

Miami Herald Rene Rodriguez

Gere has never been better cast.

San Francisco Examiner Wesley Morris

A finely coiffed, cream-cheese "8 1/2" remix with Gere, a Marcello Mastroianni for Oprah Winfrey times.

Chicago Sun-Times Roger Ebert

Altman would never admit this, but I believe Dr. T, the gynecologist in his latest film, is an autobiographical character.

New York Daily News Jack Mathews

One of the curmudgeonly director's sweetest films, and features one of Richard Gere's most affecting performances.

Christian Science Monitor David Sterritt

Some will dislike its shaggy-dog screenplay and restless camera work, and others may find its finale too postfeminist for comfort.

Variety Todd McCarthy

Gere breaks through with what may or may not be his best performance.

Chicago Reader Jonathan Rosenbaum

Prior to its hyperbolic final act, this is one of Robert Altman's most skillful and least bombastic features in some time.

Washington Post Desson Thomson

If you skim along the surface of this movie, you'll have more fun than if you submit the movie to scrutiny.

Mr. Showbiz Kevin Maynard

A jauntily entertaining ride.

USA Today Mike Clark

The movie's pleasures extend even to the visuals, which are more lustrous than in any other Altman movie.

Baltimore Sun Chris Kaltenbach

This would be an excellent movie from a first-time filmmaker, but from one of America's premiere directors, it's a disappointment.

Philadelphia Inquirer Carrie Rickey

The movie that pretends to celebrate women devolves into the complaint of a wronged man.

Village Voice Dennis Lim

A flabby farce in which everyone seems to be making it up as they go along.

Film.com Peter Brunette

Altman is just as nastily misogynistic as ever.

TV Guide Stephen Miller

Rapp's snappy, loquacious and catty script gives the predominantly female ensemble plenty to chew on.

Salon.com Stephanie Zacharek

Almost all of the movie's romantic lunacy is too calculated and sly; the picture never quite sweeps us away.

Film.com John Hartl

It's a terrific showcase for Richard Gere, Shelley Long, Farrah Fawcett and a number of other actors who almost seemed to have been written off.

TNT RoughCut Andy Klein

Belongs somewhere in the low middle of Altman's output -- not up to "Cookie's Fortune," but way better than, say, "Beyond Therapy," which remains his worst film by some margin.

Time Richard Corliss

The film's blithe misogyny soon becomes wearying; it refuses to see women as more than the sum of their private parts.

Portland Oregonian Kim Morgan

Bad comedy.

Film.com Elizabeth Weitzman

Though it starts out as amusing satire, the jokes become as neurotic as Dallas' female population, and the film spins out of control in every way.

Washington Post Rita Kempley

Though it's allegedly a comedy, there is nothing funny about this tasteless, shallow and mean-spirited slam.

LA Weekly Manohla Dargis

About the only good thing to say about this mess is that it's rotten enough that even Altman cultists may be forced to reconsider their devotion.

Austin Chronicle Marjorie Baumgarten

The comedy is often harsh and cruel.