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Bookmark this pageLovesick (1983)
Director: Marshall Brickman
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From Time Out Film Guide
Moore's a Manhattan psychiatrist who falls for one of his patients (McGovern). This comedy-romance, with the emphasis firmly (and often unbearably) on the latter, smacks more than a little of Woody Allen: no surprise when you consider that Brickman collaborated on Sleeper, Annie Hall and Manhattan. Unfortunately, the Allen trademarks are only superficially exploited; where Woody might have gloried in uncovering and lampooning the psychiatrist's guilt, Brickman avoids any real conflicts, and has the ghost of Sigmund Freud make frequent appearances as a mixed guardian angel/agent provocateur. Guinness fleshes out the role somewhat stiffly, and the result is nothing to compare with the similar function served by Gielgud in Arthur. What's left is a love story slightly less moving than an 'Interflora' ad.Author: GD
Cast & crew
Director: Marshall Brickman
Producer: Charles Okun
Cast: Dudley Moore, Elizabeth McGovern, Alec Guinness, John Huston, Wallace Shawn, Gene Saks, Alan King, Ron Silver, Christine Baranski full cast
Genre(s): Comedy
Duration: 96 mins
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