DVD has an sharp anamorphic Widescreen (1.85:1) transfer (also in Pan & Scan) and an good Dolby 2.0 Surround Sound. Glenne Headly does have some very amusing moments as Stone's best friend and Laurie Metcalf does have some good moments as the annoying woman in Peters' life. Magnuson is certainly an knockout in her role. It is fun to watch Malkovich in a charming, extremely funny and touching role. But the movie did went on to have an loyal cult following. Right" was an flop, when it was released in 1987. Which Peters is absolutely furious, since it taken him years to train Ulysses and drives him crazy that Ulysses only wants to know about love! Directed by Susan Seidelman (Cookie, Desperately Seeking Susan, She-Devil) made an amusing romantic comedy with superb comic performances by Malkovich and Magnuson. As she gets to know Ulysses much better than Peters, she slowly falls in love with Ulysses! Ulysses starting to be more curious about the human life than being an astronaut. At first, Frankie finds her latest assignment to be truly strange. Ulysses is the likeness of a cold-hearted scientist named Jeff Peters (Also played by Malkovich). Which Ulysses is been trained to be an astronaut. An dorky, curious, android named Ulysses (John Malkovich). She been hired by a huge technology company to "humanaize" their latest work. In an ironic turn, watch how machinelike Jeff seems in comparison to Ulysses towards the end, you will be surprised! Brilliant! The scene at the wedding when Ulysses tells Frankie he loves her was perfect and particularly moving.Īn bright, smart, beautiful woman named Frankie Stone (Ann Magnuson) is public relations executive. Equally, Dr Peters, though arrogant and dispassionate, does evoke some sympathy and compassion with the audience. Instead we have the pleasure of watching him grow and gradually develop the emotions and human characteristics that we take for granted, so that if you rewind and watch how Ulysses was at the beginning, he will seem completely different. A far cry from "Dangerous Liaisons", Malkovich works hard to give the android depth and character, when Ulysses could have easily become so two-dimensional. John Malkovich is equally good, and it is so nice to see him cast against type and doing comedy for a change - and two roles to boot - which he manages very well. The director took a risk in casting a relatively unknown actress (Magnuson) in a lead role, but that risk paid off - she turned in a faultless, feisty performance, and I really believed that she was a top notch confidant businesswoman whose love life was a mess.
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