The Truth About Cats & Dogs Page #2

Synopsis: Janeane Garofalo plays Dr. Abby Barnes, the "Truth About Cats and Dogs" radio question-and-answer show host who unwittingly entices a listener over the radio with her soothing voice and personality. This listener, Brian, tries to meet the Abby from the radio, but Noelle, played by Uma Thurman, is mistaken for the real thing when Brian comes to the studio. Instead of clearing things up right away, the self-conscious Abby allows her best friend, Noelle, a tall, stunning blonde, to take her place for a while. Abby takes on the made-up persona of Donna, while thinking Brian would never go for her, a short, cute, brunette, who thinks she's unattractive. As the real Abby woos Brian over the phone and radio, Noelle, the pseudo-Abby, takes her place in the flesh. As time goes on, Abby feels more and more confident that Brian would rather have the beautiful Noelle than the simply attractive Abby.
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Director(s): Michael Lehmann
Production: Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
  2 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.3
Metacritic:
64
Rotten Tomatoes:
84%
PG-13
Year:
1996
97 min
1,562 Views


on canine dental care.

...which I obviously

haven't got time to do if I want to...

- And Brian?

- Yeah?

I forgive you.

Yo, come on, man, let's roll. You've

got the shot. You got millions of shots.

No, I think this is better

than the thing with the boy.

- Are you gonna meet us later?

- Yeah, maybe.

I've got to make his dinner...

...and he shouldn't spend his

first night in a strange place alone.

Don't get too attached to this dog

and get weird on me, all right?

His mouth is all juicy,

like his gums sprung a leak or something.

It's meant to be juicy.

They dribble when they're hungry.

Hank!

So what do you think? What would a girl

find more romantic - tulips or roses?

- Well...

- Forget it. Susan will know.

Messengerjust dropped this off.

And line two's for you.

What's more romantic - tulips or roses?

Oh, that's so cute!

This is Abby.

- Hello, this is Brian.

- Yes?

We slept together.

Me and Hank. Did you get the picture?

Yeah, I'm lookin' at it right now.

- He spent the night.

- That's so great. How's it going?

Yeah, well, he snores, which was a problem.

- But we solved it.

- How'd you do that?

He slept on my face

and I couldn't hear him any more.

Good solution.

I'm glad he decided to keep you.

- So am I. I just wanted to say thank you.

- Oh, you're welcome. It was my pleasure.

And I'd really like to say it in person.

How about you meet us for a drink?

Um...

Or a walk. A walk along the canals.

Why would I meet a listener I know nothing

about who puts roller skates on his dog?

Good question, good question. Well...

I didn't want to say this upfront,

but I've got this really bad case of mange.

It's terribly itchy and I can't stop licking it.

I wondered if you could recommend

an ointment or have a look at it.

What the hell. OK,

how about the Washington entrance at five?

- Great. I'll see you there.

- OK. Me too.

Great. OK. Bye.

No, wait. What do you look like?

Why do you need to know that?

Just so I can recognise you.

Oh. What do you think I look like?

If the voice is anything to go by,

you look great.

I'm 5'10", blonde, thin...

Hard to miss.

OK. I'll see you there.

OK.

No, you won't.

(raised voices)

- (man) Get dressed, please.

- (woman) I don't want to. I look fine.

- (man) You look fat.

- Don't be like that.

- Noelle, just shut up and get back inside.

- What are you doing?

- I've already changed my dress three times.

- I know, but you look fat in that thing.

So go in and change the dress and do it now!

- Roy...

- Dumb b*tch!

- Did you call me?

- What?

I heard "dumb b*tch".

I assumed you wanted me.

- No, I'm talkin' to her.

- You're kidding. That's your name too?

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Audrey Wells

Audrey Wells (born April 29, 1960) is an American screenwriter, film director, and producer.Wells was born in San Francisco, California, and worked as a disc jockey at San Francisco jazz radio station KJAZ FM. She graduated from U.C. Berkeley and UCLA. She has written a number of successful screenplays and has directed three for which she had created the script. Among her notable works is The Truth About Cats & Dogs (1996) and Under the Tuscan Sun (2003), both of which she also produced. Her works to date have been primarily comedies and/or romance films. Her 1999 film Guinevere was entered into the 21st Moscow International Film Festival.Wells co-wrote the script for the comedy The Game Plan. more…

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