This pulpy plot, with its sci-fi base, is similar to the amnesia hook that Seidelman used so effectively in Desperately Seeking Susan. It doesn’t take long for the consultant to impress her image of male perfection on the appealing concatenation of circuits, and, to the ultimate consternation of Peters and his bosses, before you know it Ulysses becomes a paradigm of the sensitive, caring New Man. And while Peters is a hostile, rude, antisocial introvert, his invention, Ulysses, is a warm, childlike thing, unburdened by socially determined personality traits, a tabula rasa. ![]() Jeff Peters (John Malkovich, in a dual role). Frankie agrees, only to be dumbfounded by the discovery that the robot is a human-appearing android designed in the image of its creator, Dr. Shorn of her lover and number one business problem, she’s doubly free when she’s approached by the executives of Chemtech, a firm that wants her to mount a public relations campaign for their new product, a robot that’s being prepared for deep-space exploration. She’s not above throwing a guy out of her life, but it takes a fit of jealousy to provoke her to it. Professionally successful and an aggressive manager and boss, she still shows the signs of sexual availability and desire: makeup, high heels, and a smooth-shaved body. Frankie is one of those contemporary women who seem to embody the contradictions of postfeminist life. What makes Seidelman different from most other recorders of sexual military history, however, is that with her, the women are winning.Īnn Magnuson stars as Frankie Stone, a Miami-based “image consultant” coming to the end of a tumultuous relationship with one of her clients, a desperately hip young congressman, Steve Marcus (Ben Masters). Her comedy is much broader than before, and the links to everyday reality perhaps a bit more tenuous–this is a movie about an android–but she maintains the sharpest eye for the surging lines in the battle between male and female. Like her last film, Seidelman’s latest is a mostly cheerful romp through contemporary sexual mores and fantasies. Right, the latest social satire from the director of Desperately Seeking Susan. ![]() With Ann Magnuson, John Malkovich, Ben Masters, Laurie Metcalf, and Polly Bergen.Ĭan a liberated businesswoman with an aching heart find a warmhearted, loving male in this modern world? Mmmmm, could be, according to Susan Seidelman’s Making Mr. ![]()
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