Making Mr. Right Page #4

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


WHAT ABOUT CHILDREN...

I'LL BE

RIGHT BACK.

BIOLOGICAL CLOCK,

ALL THAT STUFF?

YES, MY BIOLOGIC CLOCK

IS COUNTING DOWN,

AND, UM, I WOULD LIKE

TO HAVE CHILDREN.

AND, UH, RIGHT NOW,

I JUST TRY:

TO PSYCH MYSELF OU OF NOT HAVING CHILDREN

BECAUSE I DON'T THINK

THEY'RE IN MY FUTURE.

UM, ARE YOU LOOKING

FOR MR. RIGHT?

YES. YES, BUT--

ISN' THAT A TRAP?

IS THERE:

SUCH A PERSON?

P.A.:
ATTENTION,

WELDING TEAMS C AND D...

HI.

PLEASE REPORT TO ANNEX B

ON C LEVEL.

[WHISPERING] What

are you doing here?

I HAVE TO:

TALK TO YOU!

YOU WON'T RETURN

MY PHONE CA--

SHH!

My phone calls!

HERE.

WHAT HAPPENED:

TO YOUR LIP?

IT'S A MUSTACHE. I FEL THAT IT WOULD MAKE ME

LOOK MORE MATURE.

VOTERS LIKE THAT.

WELL, I'M

A VOTER, STEVE.

YOU DON'T LIKE IT?!

SHH!

Why are you here?

Is there someplace

a little more private

where we can talk?

Yeah, sure.

I'LL WALK YOU

TO YOUR CAR.

ONE OF THE THINGS IS

THAT YOU CAN'T SIT AROUND

ON YOUR HOOPEY-DOOPEY

WAITING FOR:

MR. RIGHT TO COME!

Woman:
SHE'S

NOT DOING THAT.

Man:
YEAH, I KNOW, BU YOU'VE GOTTA GET OUT THERE,

AND YOU'VE GOTTA

LET YOURSELF BE KNOWN.

YOU'VE GOTTA SAY,

"HERE I AM,

AND I'M WORTHWHILE."

I THINK A LO OF THAT DEPENDS

ON YOUR OWN IMAGE

OF YOUR SELF.

IF YOU SIT HOME AND TURN ON

THE TELEVISION SET,

DON'T EXPEC ANYTHING TO HAPPEN!

GET OUT THERE AND SAY,

"LOOK AT ME! I'M GORGEOUS!"

Donahue:

BUT THE PROBLEM IS,

THERE AREN'T THAT MANY

OTHER GORGEOUS,

WONDERFUL PEOPLE OUT THERE!

THAT'S THE PROBLEM!

Man:
WELL,

YOU KNOW, I DON'T--

Woman:
THERE ARE--

THERE ARE A LOT--

Man:
I DON'T BELIEVE IT!

I THINK THERE ARE!

Donahue:
ALL RIGHT.

ARE THE--WHAT'S THE MATTER?

YES, MA'AM, WOULD YOU

KINDLY STAND?

Second woman:

YES, I AM A WIDOW.

I'VE BEEN A WIDOW

FOR 5 YEARS.

AND I'VE FOUND OU THE BEST WAY...

[BLOWS AIR]

...AND DO SOMETHING

FOR SOMEBODY.

[APPLAUSE]

Donahue:
AND WE'LL

BE BACK IN JUST A MOMENT.

[DONAHUE THEME PLAYING]

Man:
AREN'T YOU TIRED

OF POLITICIANS:

WHO DON'T GIVE A DAMN

ABOUT WHAT YOU THINK?

WE ARE.

WHO ARE WE?

WE'RE VOTERS

FOR STEVEN MARCUS,

BELIEVERS:

IN A BETTER CONGRESS

WITH BETTER CONGRESSMEN.

WHAT MAKES MARCUS

SO MUCH BETTER:

THAN EVEN:

THE SO-CALLED "BEST"?

HE'S SENSITIVE

TO YOUR NEEDS.

I REALLY BELIEVE

HE CARES.

HE'S SMART AS A WHIP.

HE STANDS FOR THE ISSUES

THAT REALLY MATTER.

UNA PERSONA SINCERA.

I THINK HE'S

JUST LIKE YOU AND ME,

EXCEPT HE'S

A LITTLE BETTER.

Man:
STEVEN MARCUS.

IT TAKES A MAN:

THIS SENSITIVE:

TO KNOW YOUR NEEDS.

PAID FOR BY:

CITIZENS FOR MARCUS.

[DONAHUE THEME STARTS]

Donahue:
HERE'S THE POINT.

IF YOU'RE LOOKING

FOR MR. RIGHT,

THEN YOUR WELL-BEING

IS DETERMINED BY...

WHAT ARE YOU DOI--

IT TAKES A MAN:

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