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A Perfect Couple
starring: Paul Dooley, Marta Heflin, Titos Vandis, Belita Moreno, Henry Gibson
directed by: Robert Altman

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Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: DVD
Brand: TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX HOME ENT
EAN: 0024543432722
Format: Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
Label: 20th Century Fox
Manufacturer: 20th Century Fox
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: 20th Century Fox
Region Code: 1
Release Date: April 10, 2007
Running Time: 111 minutes
Sales Rank: 102688
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Theatrical Release Date: 1979

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Studio: Tcfhe Release Date: 04/15/2008

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- Minor work
Altman made some great films, but this isn't one. There's too much tuneless 70s music to pad out the time, the 'story' is slight and unsubtle, Paul Dooley is fine but Marta Heflin seems to be in a daze for the film. My dvd copy had such wobbly sound it was unlistenable, especially the classical stuff.

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- A Perfect Muddle
I came to this film in a roundabout way. With the passing of Paul Newman I was seeking out some of the actor's more offbeat fare which led me to the Robert Altman box set which contained "Quintet". "A Perfect Couple" intrigued me because of the presence of Paul Dooley, one of the finer character actors of his era. Saying "A Perfect Couple" is a major letdown is an understatement. This isn't just poor Robert Altman. This film would make Alan Smithee blanch. The film's central romance is underdeveloped and uninteresting. Dooley, normally a dependable actor, is left to flounder here. I have nothing against actresses whom you wouldn't call conventional beauties but Marta Heflin can't even compensate it with personality. Needless to say the romantic spark between Dooley and Heflin fizzles. A trademark of Altman films are large ensembles but nary a character distinguishes themselves. Too many cooks I say. Heflin's ... Read More

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- Minor Altman
It's possible that after directing one of his all-out masterpieces, 3 Women, Robert Altman needed to take a break from films that were, like 3 Women, experimental or surrealistic (this also applies to Images, another film directed around the same period). So maybe that's why he did A Perfect Couple, following immediately after A Wedding.

The original title of A Perfect Couple was supposed to be A Romance; it's clear this was meant as a companion piece to A Wedding; it also, like A Wedding, stars Paul Dooley. Dooley is a good actor, but not a great one. Here he's the romantic lead, son of an autocratic Greek patriarch, looking for the woman of his dreams. In 1979, when this movie was released, dating services had been around for a little while, and we get to see (yawn) videos of his character as well as that of the female romantic lead, played by Martha Heflin, and one other guy as well.

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- Two Movies in One - and they're a rather ill-matched couple
The biggest problem with A Perfect Couple is that it tries to be two films: a romantic comedy and the story of a rock band. There are some wonderful and funny moments between Dooley and Heflin, but the film doesnt pay off in that regard. They dont have very good chemistry - Dooley is pushy and Heflin kind of quiet. The resolution of their relationship problems is pat, and the film focuses too much on the rock group, especially in the final 40 minutes or so.

Indeed, the rock group must account for a good half of the film, and I feel that the plotline involving Dooley and Heflin is sacrificed in depth to the bands story. By the way, even by late 70s standards, the band is cheesy - more Broadway than rock. There are two good songs ("Love Is All There Is" - sounds like Bacharach (!) and the ballad Heflin sings - "Wont Someone Care" I think it's called), but even those are performed poorly. The rest of the tunes ... Read More

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