Skin Deep

1989 "The comedy that glows in the dark."
6.1| 1h37m| R| en
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Hard-drinking novelist Zach Hutton spirals out of control after his wife and mistress both leave him. Alone and crippled by a bad case of writer's block, Zach slips in and out of casual relationships and one-night stands, while his drinking becomes more and more severe. With the help of a bartender and his therapist, Zach confronts his demons — women and alcohol.

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WillSushyMedia This movie was so-so. It had it's moments, but wasn't the greatest.
TaryBiggBall It was OK. I don't see why everyone loves it so much. It wasn't very smart or deep or well-directed.
HottWwjdIam There is just so much movie here. For some it may be too much. But in the same secretly sarcastic way most telemarketers say the phrase, the title of this one is particularly apt.
Taraparain Tells a fascinating and unsettling true story, and does so well, without pretending to have all the answers.
annschwartz-75244 I found the duel in the dark scene so hysterically funny that I laughed until I was in pain and had to close my eyes, put my head down, and get control of my breath. My companion was going, "Are you OK? Are you OK?" The scene mercifully changed, but you could still hear people laughing in the theater, including me.A later scene involving a yoga pose again had me going. Trying to buy the disk now.
preppy-3 Writer Zach Huttons (John Ritter)life is falling apart. He has writers block, can't stop drinking, can't stop womanizing, his agent is dying AND his wife Alex (Alyson Reed) understandably wants to divorce him. We then get a series of supposedly "comic" struggles involving his womanizing and drinking.Director Blake Edwards made some of the best comedies and dramas ever early in his career ("The Pink Panther" and "Days of Wine and Roses" come to mind) and even a few in the 1980s ("Victor Victoria"). But he then made a whole bunch of disastrous comedies in the late 1980s and into the 1990s. This is one of them. It's not the worst ("A Fine Mess" and "Switch" are much worse) but it's definitely not good. The jokes are either unfunny or pretty sick (one cruel joke involving a dog almost had me turn this off). The cast does their best (Ritter is especially good) but it's a no go. The one funny scene involves glow in the dark condoms. When THAT'S the funniest scene you know you're in trouble. Unfunny and boring. A 1 all the way.
nank1971 I was saddened to see this movie replayed on commercial TV. They have cut all of the funny out of it and made it a drama. I recommend getting your hands on a VHS copy of this movie and sitting down to enjoy yourself. It is classic John Ritter. Every time I watch this (I own the tape) I laugh so hard that I cry. I give it a 9 because it keeps you going. SPOILER: ( the dog superglued to the ceiling is one of the funniest things I have ever seen). This movie shows some of the best acting skills for some hardly seen actors. There was no possible way for them to make a follow-up movie- but the director/producer/writer/actors should have gotten together for another project. It would have been great.
whpratt1 I seemed to have missed this film and had the great surprise to view John Ritter on TV. John has always been a great actor and can perform all kind of roles placed before him. In this picture he is very funny as a great lover of beautiful women. He plays a dramatic role as a drunk, who tries to dry out and wraps himself in toliet paper in the process. His sexy love scenes will simply tear you up. This is a great film to view again and again. His first wife seems to win in the end and all his girl friends seem to make out just as well!