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Ladies Man, The
Paramount Pictures


6.6

based on 23 reviews
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MPAA RATING: R for sexual content and language

Starring Tim Meadows, Karyn Parsons, Billy Dee Williams, and Kevin McDonald

Leon Phelps (Meadows) is the grooviest, smooth-talking, woman-chaser around. Known suitably to all as the Ladies Man, Leon hosts a popular late-night radio call-in show dispensing advice on affairs of the heart. (Paramount Pictures)

GENRE(S):	Comedy
WRITTEN BY:	Tim Meadows Dennis McNicholas Andrew Steele
DIRECTED BY:	Reginald Hudlin
RELEASE DATE:	DVD: April 17, 2001 Video: April 17, 2001 Theatrical: October 13, 2000
RUNNING TIME:	84 minutes, Color
ORIGIN:	USA

All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...

New York Daily News Jami Bernard

A guilty pleasure, right up there with "The Water Boy."

Los Angeles Times Gene Seymour

Manages to sustain a sweet, funny groove for, say, 65 of its 85 minutes.

Entertainment Weekly Owen Gleiberman

One more case of a winning ''SNL'' character tamed by the wan, fizzled farce around him.

Philadelphia Inquirer Steven Rea

A collection of double entendres that would make a stevedore blush.

San Francisco Chronicle Peter Stack

An unblushing sex farce often so raw it might make even fairly open-minded people feel a bit uncomfortable.

TV Guide Frank Lovece

The film is a harmless extension of the skit, aimed at fans and best viewed as a showcase for Meadows's considerable talents.

Boston Globe Vladimir Zelevinsky

Overstays its welcome.

Chicago Tribune John Petrakis

Not without its humorous moments, but they are too few and far between.

Mr. Showbiz Larry Terenzi

80 minutes of comic mistiming and missed opportunities.

Seattle Post-Intelligencer Paula Nechak

Tepid and only sporadically amusing.

The New York Times Dana Stevens

Has some funny, dirty-minded jokes, a few amusing cameos (including Julianne Moore in clown makeup) and a soundtrack loaded with juicy cuts of mid-70's vintage soul and funk.

San Francisco Examiner Wesley Morris

As movies about relic sex machines go, this one lacks mojo.

USA Today Mike Clark

This Paramount release doubles the insult because it rips off the title of one of the studio's best-remembered Jerry Lewis comedies.

Baltimore Sun Cheryl Lu-Lien Tan

Why would anyone pay to see this movie?

New York Post Lou Lumenick

Painfully stupid.

Chicago Sun-Times Roger Ebert

Desperately unfunny.

Miami Herald Charles Savage

Unsurprisingly, relentlessly awful.

LA Weekly F. X. Feeney

The story sinks, along with any deeper laughs, under boringly formulaic motivations and plot twists.

Variety Robert Koehler

The question isn't where is the love but where are the laughs?

Washington Post Rita Kempley

Another cheesy, overdrawn and witless "Saturday Night Live" takeoff.

Film.com Tom Keogh

God-awful.

Austin Chronicle Marc Savlov

One of the most deadly dull "SNL" spinoffs.

Chicago Reader Jonathan Rosenbaum

Insulting to audience and cast alike.

The average user rating for this movie is 6.6 (out of 10) based on 16 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

Billy B. gave it a0:
Even worse than what the critics give it credit for! SNL needs to stop with these movies based on their skits. First there was the coneheads, then superstar, and now the ever so dreadful Ladies Man

Jao gave it a7:
This movie is hilarious. sometimes you just have to stop thinking and laugh. I still am.

Ziggy Ziggy gave it a 10:
Simply great, i really like this movie, it's groooovy and funny.

Kathi G. gave it a 10:
Yeah i love this movie, and i would rate it 10 out of 10! Leon Phelps!

Jimmy C. gave it an 8:
I guess this is one you either love or hate. I loved it, it was hilarious.

Nick gave it a 0:
Few years ago i caught this piece of garbage on a sneak preview. half of the people left the projection. total s*t.

Ray Y. gave it a 7:
I agree, the scene with 'How long you been nunning it up' was hilarious!! Its comedy in the true spirit of Saturday Night Live, with the MPAA rating... Lotsa Laffs!

Ladies Man, The Paramount Pictures

Ladies Man, The
Paramount Pictures