Three to Tango (1999)

Surprisingly Funny
Yes, it was predictable. Yes, comedy in America is formulaic. If you can get over that fact (and I suggest you do, else most movies will prove disappointing to you, and why be snobby about something strickly meant for pleasure, anyway?) then you will find this movie to be surprisingly funny. There are more good lines in this than I expected, and more times that I laughed out loud, even a few when I had to stop the movie. It isn't Shakespeare, but it's clever.

a formulaic and messy menage
The only person in the movie that you can come to care about is Matthew Perry. It's a real stretch to understand why he comes to love Neve Campbell. She plays a ditsy, messed up artist who swims in life's shallows. The Dylan McDermott character is so one dimensional he's virtually transparent.

The movie has some juice while Perry is stuck in the "gay" mode. Once he comes out as straight everything deflates and becomes utterly predictable.

Has anyone ever seen Matthew Perry in a romantic lead where there is even the slightest chemistry? He's charming, engaging and a bit charismatic but he seems to be phoning in the passion.

a formulaic and messy menage
The only person in the movie that you can come to care about is Matthew Perry. It's a real stretch to understand why he comes to love Neve Campbell. She plays a ditsy, messed up artist who swims in life's shallows. The Dylan McDermott character is so one dimensional he's virtually transparent.

The movie has some juice while Perry is stuck in the "gay" mode. Once he comes out as straight everything deflates and becomes utterly predictable.

Has anyone ever seen Matthew Perry in a romantic lead where there is even the slightest chemistry? He's charming, engaging and a bit charismatic but he seems to be phoning in the passion.