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They All Laughed (1981)
Director: Peter Bogdanovich
Movie review
From Time Out Film Guide
The temptation to respond 'No, they didn't' is overwhelming, and unfortunately it's also accurate. Bogdanovich's romantic comedy (involving three operatives from a detective agency and the women they have been assigned to watch) crucially lacks wit, and gauche clumsiness proves no substitute. Ritter's totally graceless performance punctures more laughs than it raises, and Gazzara is still in his expressionless period. There are occasional glimmers of what might have been in the fresh performances of the actresses. But it plods where it should sparkle, like a celebration where the champagne's gone flat.Author: SM
Cast & crew
Director: Peter Bogdanovich
Producer: George Morfogen, Blaine Novak
Cast: Ben Gazzara, Audrey Hepburn, John Ritter, Colleen Camp, Patti Hansen, Dorothy Stratten, Blaine Novak full cast
Genre(s): Comedy
Duration: 121 mins
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