All of Me | Steve Martin, Lily Tomlin | Martin at His Physically Antic Peak in a Hilarious...

All of Me | Steve Martin, Lily Tomlin | What woman hasn't wanted to know what a man was thinking?

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All of Me

	All of Me Steve Martin, Lily Tomlin Lions Gate, 1999 average customer review:based on 42 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

The Comedy That Proves That One is A CrowdRoger Cobb (Steve Martin) is a swinging bachelor who is a lawyer but would rather be a jazz musician. Edwina Cutwaters (Lily Tomlin) is an ailing spinster who is given a second chance at life given her soul can be "transported" into that of another woman - specifically the beautiful daughter of the stable hand. Unfortunately the guru-in-charge goofs and Edwinas soul winds up taking over the entire right side of Roger who now must learn to cope with being half the man he was. Now Edwina and Roger are living together in the same body. He is losing his job. He is losing his girlfriend. And he just can not seem to get her out of his system. No matter how hard he tries. System Requirements: Cast: Steve Martin Lily Tomlin Richard Libertini Victoria Tennant Producer:Stephen Friedman Director:Carl Reiner Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: COMEDY Rating: UPC: 031398700135 Manufacturer No: VM7001D

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Martin at His Physically Antic Peak in a Hilarious Screwball Fantasy Farce

As his recently published memoir, Born Standing Up: A Comic's Life, reminds me, Steve Martin catapulted to mainstream mega-success by bringing zeitgeist freshness onto the comedy scene. When he first transitioned to the big screen, he had quite a productive partnership going with director and fellow comic actor Carl Reiner beginning with his yuk-fest film debut, The Jerk (1979), continuing with the noir film-clip-oriented Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid (1982) and the sci-fi farce The Man with Two Brains (1983), and then peaking with this 1984 farce, sadly their last collaboration. Captured in a surprisingly clean version on this 1999 DVD, this is still one of the funniest movies of the 1980's simply because its innately silly concept is executed with side-splitting freshness and a great amount of heart.

Written by Phil Alden Robinson (who went on to write and direct the definitive fantasy-laden paean to lost fathers, Field of Dreams), the plot concerns Roger Cobb, an idealistic but unfulfilled lawyer who moonlights as a jazz guitarist. His sympathetic boss assigns him a case to handle the estate of sickly Edwina Cutwater, a wealthy eccentric who has decided to have Prahka Lasa, a daffy Tibetan meditation master, transfer her soul into the body of Terry Hoskins, the stableman's comely daughter. That way, Edwina can enjoy life anew in Terry's youthful body while Terry's soul becomes part of the universe. Roger understandably doesn't buy this, but before he can quit the case, he accidentally becomes the recipient of Edwina's soul upon her sudden death in his firm's office. The fun begins in earnest when Roger and Edwina both inhabit the two halves of Roger's body, a comically disastrous situation with their respective sensibilities at war. Needless to say, further complications ensue.

As Roger, Martin shows that he was one of the most adroit physical actors around with his masterfully antic performance, especially when Edwina first enters Roger's body on the sidewalk and then in inevitably complex scenes involving the men's room and later a lovemaking session. As snooty but vulnerable Edwina, Lily Tomlin has less to do since her voiceover primarily dictates the scenes after the soul transference, but she is still a hilarious match for Martin when they battle for domination over Roger's bodily movements. In probably the most politically incorrect role since Mickey Rooney's Japanese neighbor in Breakfast at Tiffany's, Richard Libertini is downright hilarious as the swami as he seems to make up his own catchphrases on the spot ("Bakinbowl! Bakinbowl!"). Madolyn Smith has one funny scene as Roger's venal fiancée Peggy, and I only wish she could have switched roles with Victoria Tennant, who as Terry, is the film's only marginal disappointment with her stiff manner too much at odds with the rest of the comically dexterous cast. The liberating dance under the closing credits is one of the best endings to any movie comedy. Unfortunately, other than the original theatrical trailer, there are no extras with the current DVD on the market.

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What woman hasn't wanted to know what a man was thinking?

How exactly do you get alone time when you have someone sharing your body? Wait until they fall asleep, duh!
My favorite is Steve Martin sauntering down the street with Lily Tomlin in control of one very feminine looking hand. These two have a lot to teach each other about how to live life and they sure will if they ever stop bickering.

great idea and good execution.

The theme of this comedy is basically similar to that in the escapist car chase comedy "Thelma and Louise". We have a single women this time, instead of a duo, who has missed out on nearly all the fun things in life, despite being rich in money. Thus, she hires a transcendentalist, while she lays dying, to transfer her soul into the body of a young healthy beautiful woman who hopefully will experience many of the joys she missed. Unfortunately, the soul transfer process goes wrong and she ends up dominating one side of Steve Martin's brain. You can imagine the comedic potential of this situation.
In the case of "Thelma and Louise", we have a potentially much more realistic situation, with the bored women getting their kicks over a few days before disappearing over a cliff. In the present film, the comedic potential is greater, with Lily Tomlin's character having fun making Martin's character look like a fool, then finally making amends as she is transferred to the body of his girlfriend.(Apparently, her soul can dominate only half a man's brain, but all of a women's brain). Actually, the film could have been a lot funnier if she had been transferred to the bodies of several more men, including Martin's law firm boss. The first part of the film could have been largely dispensed with, as things didn't get interesting until after the soul transfer process. The last scene,in which Martin and Tomlin get into a crazy improvised dance routine and eventually end up together on the floor, is also great.

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All of Me

Very funny dvd - about the after life. Steve Martin plays the part of a solicitor that become 1/2 possessed by the dead Lily. Very funny to watch and will have you rolling around on the floor in parts.

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