Three to Tango
PG13, sexual content
Romantic Comedy
Starring: Matthew Perry
Neve Campbell
Dylan McDermott
Directed by Damon Santostefano.
Produced by Jeffrey Silver,
and Bettina Sofia Viviano.
Written by Rodney Patrick Vaccaro.
Rating: 68%
Even though the talent in "Tango" seems more than a little bit
promising, the unfortunate reality is that these three.... dancers...
don't know how to pick a script.
First of all, the problem exists
within the mood of the film as a whole. It's like we as an audience,
sit in the theatre, but we're really watching television. In other
words, the film was made for TV stars; not stars who just happen to
be on TV. Also, the plot in general is just way too predictable.
Nothing out of the oridinary happens. If you think about it, it's
really quite sad judging by the fact that the film's plot revolves
around an unordinary situation. This rookie architect gets assigned
with the role of "watching over" a rich man's mistress thinking he's
gay. How can THAT be predictable?
Oscar (Matthew Perry) is a young, intelligent kid who, with his gay
partner Peter, attempts to dazzle a rich business prospector whom they
hope to do business with. However, Charles (McDermott), the rich
"top dog business dealer" is under the impression that Oscar is gay.
As a result, he assigns him with the job of spying on his mistress (Neve
Campbell). One thing leads to another, and in short, Oscar falls in love with
this extroidanary (but so un-extroidanary) woman. Eventually, she
looks to him as her best friend. But it gets worse. Suddenly,
Oscar becomes the shining symbol of homosexuality in the city, and is
up for the Gay Man of the Year Award. I practically died on the floor
laughing when the SO SO SO predictable event happened that at the awards
show... happened. But I think I won't spoil it for you if you don't get the drift.
Really, it gives a few quick laughs here and there, but the texture
of the film just seems off.
I do admit that with the script they used, the actors and actresses
did a fairly provacative job in "pulling it off." However, what
seemed odd was that we had this king of TV comedy, and a king and queen
of TV drama. And even though both McDermott and Campbell are from
the drama genre, they're still from two completely different fields.
McDermott, being from the fast paced lawyer sketch, and Campbell being
from the hormonal, family crisis area. Don't get me wrong, I mean,
they did do a good job with the script they had, but it didn't seem
to work out. Perhaps the cast chemistry wasn't there, or maybe it was
merely the fact that the storyline stunk. But regardless of the reason,
the film lacked a certain "magic" which we hope to see in movies.
It lacked intensity flowing between lovers and if not intensity,
it lacked shy tendency flowing between them. It was just kind of...
a boring relationship; or at least a relationship that was completely
out of whack. The thing is, we've seen Matthew Perry truly in
love as Chandler, and we've seen Neve Campbell truly in love on Party
of Five. They have that potential to make the audience feel convinced.
In general, Three to Tango isn't bad. It's OK. But that's it. It's
just OK. The expectations were extremely high because all three acting
talents dominate television. Matthew Perry is one of the coolest
characters, on the #1 rated television comedy in America ("Friends")!
Neve Campbell is on a leading teen drama, "Party of Five", and so often
gives us a preformance to remember. Dylan McDermott's
"The Practice," is adored by the adult crowd, not to mention critics!
It's recieved the Emmy two years running, along with the Golden Globe
Award! However, Three to Tango didn't match the uncanny potential of these
three coming together in an on screen trio. Yeah... it does take three
to tango, but unfortunately, this cast didn't seem to tango at all.
I do admit that with the script they used, the actors and actresses
did a fairly provacative job in "pulling it off." However, what
seemed odd was that we had this king of TV comedy, and a king and queen
of TV drama. And even though both McDermott and Campbell are from
the drama genre, they're still from two completely different fields.
McDermott, being from the fast paced lawyer sketch, and Campbell being
from the hormonal, family crisis area. Don't get me wrong, I mean,
they did do a good job with the script they had, but it didn't seem
to work out. Perhaps the cast chemistry wasn't there, or maybe it was
merely the fact that the storyline stunk. But regardless of the reason,
the film lacked a certain "magic" which we hope to see in movies.
It lacked intensity flowing between lovers and if not intensity,
it lacked shy tendency flowing between them. It was just kind of...
a boring relationship; or at least a relationship that was completely
out of whack. The thing is, we've seen Matthew Perry truly in
love as Chandler, and we've seen Neve Campbell truly in love on Party
of Five. They have that potential to make the audience feel convinced.
