Review of The Ladies Man (1961) by Eric R — 05 Apr 2009

I remembered this as a bad Jerry Lewis film, but in seeing it again this weekend, I discovered I was being way too generous. This is an awful Jerry Lewis film. And I'm a big fan.

The story about a guy who gets his heart broke when he graduates from school so now he's afraid of women goes nowhere. He gets a job as a handyman at a all ladies hotel. Lots of sight gags follow as well as pointless self indulgent fantasy scenes that are just not funny. There's been a lot written about Jerrys incredbile set, but who cares if the story and the gags are so lame. How very disappointing that Jerry followed the brilliant "The Bellboy" directoral debut with this expensive, unfunny mess.

I thought the commentary track might at least be interesting with Jerry's and (for some unknown reason) Steve Lawrence's commentary, but it isn't.