Making Mr. Right Page #3

Synopsis: A reclusive scientist builds a robot that looks exactly like him to go on a long-term space mission. Since the scientist seems to lack all emotions, he is unable to program them into his automaton, and an eccentric woman is hired to "educate" the robot on human behavior. In the end, she falls in love... but is the robot or the Dr. Mr. Right?
Director(s): Susan Seidelman
Production: HBO Video
 
IMDB:
5.3
Rotten Tomatoes:
46%
PG-13
Year:
1987
98 min
116 Views


IF ALL ELSE FAILS,

HE CAN ALWAYS:

TAKE YOUR PLACE:

ON JURY DUTY.

Men:
HAPPY BIRTHDAY

TO YOU:

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU

HAPPY BIRTHDAY,

DEAR ULYSSES:

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU

[ALL CHEERING]

AHEM. DR. PETERS,

HE REALLY IS:

AN AMAZING CREATION,

BUT I THINK THA WE MIGHT WANNA TAKE

SOME TIME TO POLISH UP

HIS SOCIAL GRACES.

SOCIAL GRACES?

WHAT FOR?

JEFF,

I'VE GOTTA AGREE

WITH MISS STONE.

I THINK A WOMAN:

WOULD BE:

A GOOD INFLUENCE

ON HIM.

TRISH?

HI!

WHAT ARE YOU:

DOING HERE?

IVY'S WEDDING ISN' UNTIL NEXT WEEK.

[DOG WHIMPERING]

OH, TRISH...

I CAN'T BELIEVE DONALD

WOULD DO THIS TO YOU!

YEAH, MY MOTHER

WAS RIGHT.

I SHOULD NEVER:

HAVE MARRIED AN ACTOR.

OHH...

WHAT'S GOING ON?

ARE YOU HAVING:

A GARAGE SALE?

OH, YOU MIGH CALL IT THAT.

I'M CHANGING

MY LIFE,

GETTING RID:

OF THE GARBAGE.

OH, NO!

STEVE, TOO?

MM-HMM.

JESUS, FRANKIE,

I ALWAYS THOUGHT STEVE

WAS ABOUT THE BES YOU WERE GONNA DO.

BUT IT'S NICE TO KNOW

I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE

WHO'S BEEN DRAGGED

THROUGH THE MUD:

BY SOME MACHO SCUM.

[DOG BARKS]

SNOWBALL!

TRISH, IT WASN' EXACTLY LIKE THAT.

YOU KNOW, FRANKIE,

BEING SINGLE AGAIN

COULD BE REALLY GREAT.

I MEAN, YOU COULD GO

WHEREVER YOU WANTED,

SLEEP WITH WHOEVER

YOU WANTED,

HAVE ABSOLUTELY:

INCREDIBLE SEX:

WITH STRANGERS.

LIKE, UM...

I'VE NEVER MADE I WITH A BODYBUILDER,

HAVE YOU?

OR AN ACROBAT?

[LAUGHING]

HOW ABOU A CAR MECHANIC?

A SWEATY ONE.

[LAUGHS]

I'VE NEVER EVEN TRIED

A M\NAGE TROIS,

HAVE YOU?

WITH STEVE?

MM-HMM.

OH, GOD, IT WAS

HARD ENOUGH:

TO GET HIM ALONE.

OH.

AND EVEN THEN I WASN'T HARD ENOUGH.

[BOTH LAUGHING]

WELL, FRANKIE,

WHEN YOU:

THINK ABOUT IT...

THERE ARE A LO OF POSSIBILITIES.

Frankie:
OK...

THAT'S

THE FIRST PROBLEM.

YOU'VE GOT NICE EYES,

ULYSSES,

NOW USE THEM.

LOOK AT ME.

WHY? I KNOW

YOU'RE THERE.

BECAUSE LOOKING:

SOMEONE IN THE EYES

MAKES THEM FEEL:

THAT YOU CARE:

ABOUT WHAT THEY'RE

SAYING.

THAT'S POINT NUMBER ONE:

MAKE EYE CONTACT.

AND POINT NUMBER 2

IS LISTENING.

NOW, YOU LOOK AT A WOMAN,

OR ANYONE,

FOR THAT MATTER,

AND LISTEN--

AS IF WHA THEY'RE SAYING

IS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING

IN THE ENTIRE WORLD.

GOOD.

GOOD. NOW,

POINT NUMBER 3:

CONFIDENCE.

[INTERCOM BUZZES]

JUST STAY THERE.

STAY...

STAY.

[BUZZ]

YEAH?

Woman:
STEVE MARCUS

IS HERE TO SEE YOU.

OK, UH, JUST HOLD HIM

THERE, WOULD YOU?

I'LL BE RIGHT UP.

ULYSSES, WHY DON' YOU WATCH THIS

FOR A LITTLE WHILE, OK?

THEY HAVE NOBODY.

Phil Donahue:

YOU ALSO ARE, LIKE--

I'M VERY PLEASED

THAT YOU WOULD BE--

OH! HERE.

HERE. THIS IS

A TALK SHOW.

NOW, YOU'RE GONNA

BE ON ONE OF THESE

IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS,

SO I WANT YOU:

TO STUDY,

OKEY-DOKEY?

OKEY-DOKEY.

HOW 'BOUT, SHOULD YOU MARRY,

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