She's Funny That Way
The film centers on a hooker-turned-Broadway-thespian and follows the “recurring intersection between these two facets of her life”. A married Broadway director falls for a prostitute-turned-actress and works to help her advance her career.
4 August 1937, Willimantic, Connecticut, USA
11 February 1969, Sherman Oaks, California, USA
22 July 1967, Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, Wales, UK
28 August 1899, Figeac, Lot, France
30 December 1977, London, England, UK
14 July 1949, Canada
September 04, 2016
Bogdanovich, the principal proponent of the latter-day screwball comedy, wastes a large and capable cast here.
April 06, 2016
Co-written by Bogdanovich with his ex-wife Louise Stratten ... the story is brisk, breezy and executed with panache.
August 24, 2015
She's Funny That Way often displays an old-school generosity and polish, and at least one breakout performance - but just as often, its moments of inspiration are tempered by miscasting and shrill attempts at humor.
August 20, 2015
So hopelessly nostalgic about the madcap fizz and fury of screwball pictures, it never works up a head of steam as a funny, in-this-moment comedy on its own.
August 27, 2015
The giggly men's-magazine tone, especially in Bogdanovich's treatment of call girls, makes the movie seem weirdly anachronistic.
December 19, 2016
She's Funny That Way is trying very hard to be a sexy screwball comedy. It tries so hard, with such a contrived and silly story, that it only succeeds in wearing the audience down. [Full review in Japanese]
August 21, 2015
Too many times the characters in this movie sprint across the line separating quirky charm from know-somethingish affectation, and then stay on the wrong side of it.
May 04, 2016
It's a lighthearted, somewhat amusing romp written by Bogdanovich and his ex-wife Louise Stratten, filled with interweaving stories that twist and turn, and are amplified when it becomes clear this isn't the first time Arnold has "mentored" a prostitute.
August 27, 2015
The actors do their best with a hit-and-miss screenplay.
September 16, 2015
Amusing piffle for audiences congenitally annoyed by new-fangled comedies.
