3 Men and a Little Lady

1990 1h 44m EN

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5.8

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★5.8TMDB · 600

FamilyComedy

Synopsis

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Sylvia's work increasingly takes her away from the three men who help bring up Mary, her daughter. When she decides to move to England and take Mary with her, the three men are heartbroken at losing the two most important women in their lives.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Tom Selleck
Peter Mitchell
Steve Guttenberg
Michael Kellam
Ted Danson
Jack Holden
Nancy Travis
Sylvia Bennington
Robin Weisman
Mary
Christopher Cazenove
Edward
Sheila Hancock
Vera
Fiona Shaw
Miss Lomax

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Emile Ardolino
Writers: Charlie Peters, Josann McGibbon, Coline Serreau
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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ERA

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36 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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CINEMA

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Part of the "3 Men Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Emile Ardolino, shot by Adam Greenberg. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by James Newton Howard. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Michael A. Stevenson shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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6 / 7

CAST

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Tom Selleck and Steve Guttenberg and Ted Danson carry the top of the cast.

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0098966 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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The take

Emile Ardolino directs. Adam Greenberg behind the camera. James Newton Howard scores. Michael A. Stevenson cuts. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

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136 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
2Part of the "3 Men Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
3Directed by Emile Ardolino, shot by Adam Greenberg. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
4Original score by James Newton Howard. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
5Editor Michael A. Stevenson shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
6Tom Selleck and Steve Guttenberg and Ted Danson carry the top of the cast.
7IMDB entry: tt0098966 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

The technical file

Cinematography: Adam Greenberg
Original score: James Newton Howard
Editing: Michael A. Stevenson
Production design: Stuart Wurtzel
Costume design: Louise Frogley
Runtime: 104 min · 1h 44m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Box office: $71,600,000
Original language: EN
Certification (US): PG
IMDB: 3 Men and a Little Lady (1990)

Part of

3 Men Collection

Tom Selleck double bill. In 'Three Men and a Baby', bachelors Peter Mitchell (Tom Selleck), Jack Holden (Ted Danson) and Michael Kellam (Steve Guttenberg) live together in an opulent Manhattan penthouse. While Jack is away, a 'package' arrives for him: a baby girl. Peter and Michael are forced to cope with the rigours of childcare until Jack returns to explain. In the sequel 'Three Men and a Little Lady', Mary is now five years old and her mother, Sylvia, wants to find a 'real' father for her child - who is still living with the three bachelors. When Edward (Christopher Cazenove) proposes, Sylvia accepts - much to the fury of the three dads and Mary.

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CinemaSerf2023-12-31
★ 5/10
Despite the best efforts of Fiona Shaw as the sex-maniac "Miss Lomax" this is really a rather poor follow-up to the original. The child, "Mary" - who is now five (clearly nobody realised that 1990-1987 = well, not five, anyway) has relocated with her mother "Sylvia" (the shockingly wooden Nancy Travis) to live in the UK with fiancé and film director "Edward" (Christopher Cazenove). Of course "Jack" (Ted Danson), "Michael" (Steve Guttenburg) and "Peter" (Tom Selleck) start to miss their playful little wean - with one of them also realising just how madly in love he is with her mother. They have to get to Britain urgently to thwart the nuptials and to get "Mary", the spoilt and very annoying "Mary", back from the clutches of their cut-glass speaking rival. Someone, somewhere, clearly decided that giving this nonsense a British slant might increase it's appeal - to, at least, open up an whole new slew of stereotypes for it to bash. If it's not the accents, it's the doddery curate or the motor-cycle and sidecar - indeed nothing is off limits as this plunders the puerile and contrived to string out this weakest of storylines for almost 1¾ hours of increasingly cringemaking "comedy". The proposed wedding scene at the conclusion just needed a gattling gun after about ten minutes. Sorry, perhaps I just wasn't in the mood but I didn't love the first of these and this is a poor relation. Please. No more!!

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