I saw this when it first was released on video, and now, 5 years later, got to watch it again from a different perspective.
Character development - there's not much with the exception of Josh.
Plot - sort of vague, it goes from one situation to the next with aside comments and monologues spliced together and thrown in just for fun and transition.
So what is it about? Very simply put - the differences between men and women and how difficult they can be to understand.
Why this title? No clue. But it sort of makes sense; how many people over the years have understood that Steve Miller was saying "the pompatus of love", and if they understood it, how many knew what the heck he meant by it?? Exactly! But the song was still a big hit. It sounds cool and is a blast to sing along with. Men and women, despite all the griping, jokes, cliches and misunderstandings between the two genders, still keep getting together and, hopefully, can make it through life with their sanity, intelligence and love intact.
There is no pat answer with which to end this movie. Life doesn't have any either. I'm not one for vague endings. I usually prefer to have a Hollywood Happy Ending. But this works for me for some reason. There's no blinding vision of how one must change to be able to live happily ever after with the object of one's affection. It's just an acceptance that there are differences. Maybe not understood, but now one knows that they are there and can work with them; or around them; or whatever it may take.
It's a good look at relationships for the over 21 crowd. It's a good movie.
Cast
Adrian Pasdar ... Josh
Paige Turco ... Gina
Arabella Field ... Lori - Phil's Wife
Dana Wheeler-Nicholson ... Kathryn
Mia Sara ... Cynthia
Jon Cryer ... Mark
Adam Oliensis ... Phil
Kristin Scott Thomas ... Caroline
Tim Guinee ... Runyon
Kristen Wilson ... Tasha
Lianna Pai ... Ting (as Liana Pai)
John Norman Thomas ... Cabbie
John Hoyt ... Big Toe (as John Glen Hoyt)
Charles Q. Murphy ... Saxophone Man (as Charlie Murphy)
Helen Haft ... Real Estate Broker
Director: Richard Schenkman
Writers: Jon Cryer, Adam Oliensis
Storyline:Four guys sit around drinking beer and talking, trying to figure out the meaning of "the pompatus of love" (from the Steve Miller song "Joker") and analyzing their relationships with women. Written by John Allison
source:imdb.com
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The Joker by Steve Miller
Some people call me the space cowboy, yeah
Some call me the gangster of love
Some people call me Maurice
Cause I speak of the pompitous of love
People keep talkin' about me, baby
Say I'm doin' you wrong, doin' you wrong
Well, don't you worry baby
Don't worry
Cause I'm right here, right here, right here, right here at home
Cause I'm a picker
I'm a grinner
I'm a lover
And I'm a sinner
I play my music in the sun
I'm a joker
I'm a smoker
I'm a midnight toker
I get my lovin' on the run
Wooo Wooooo
You're the cutest thing
That I ever did see
I really love your peaches
Want to shake your tree
Lovey-dovey, lovey-dovey, lovey-dovey all the time
Ooo-eee baby, I'll sure show you a good time
Cause I'm a picker
I'm a grinner
I'm a lover
And I'm a sinner
I play my music in the sun
I'm a joker
I'm a smoker
I'm a midnight toker
I sure don't want to hurt no one
Wooo Wooooo
People talk about me, baby
Say I'm doin' you wrong, doin' you wrong
Well, don't you worry
Don't worry mama
Cause I'm right here at home
You're the cutest thing
That I ever did see
I really love your peaches
Want to shake your tree
Lovey-dovey, lovey-dovey, lovey-dovey all the time
Come on baby ill show you a good time
source:sing365.com
