Bardlerx
Strictly average movie
Fairaher
The film makes a home in your brain and the only cure is to see it again.
AshUnow
This is a small, humorous movie in some ways, but it has a huge heart. What a nice experience.
Nicole
I enjoyed watching this film and would recommend other to give it a try , (as I am) but this movie, although enjoyable to watch due to the better than average acting fails to add anything new to its storyline that is all too familiar to these types of movies.
wes-connors
After he is seen with a beauty queen, Florida advertising executive Ann Magnusson (as Frankie Stone) drops "not hard enough" politician boyfriend Ben Masters (as Steve Marcus) from her roster. Next, she accepts a pitch from the local "Chemtec" organization; in danger of losing their government funding, the company wants Ms. Magnusson to work on public relations. She meets the company's chief calling card, an anatomically correct blond android named "Ulysses" (played by John Malkovich). He's the spitting image of creator "Jeff Peters" (Mr. Malkovich again).His "Dr. Frankenstein" wants "Ulysses" to be a spaceman, but the android gets lovesick for Magnusson, and wants to remain on Earth. This dilemma makes you wonder why they didn't leave a trio of parts off the manly Malkovich; probably, it was due to his creator not being very "good with people." It all works out just fine in the end. The cast is fun, if not always funny. And some of the supporting characters are cast aside by a quick ending. Still, Malkovich makes a great date; especially, watch for his hilarious encounter with Laurie Metcalf (as Sandy) at the mall.****** Making Mr. Right (4/3/87) Susan Seidelman ~ John Malkovich, Ann Magnuson, Ben Masters, Glenne Headly
Elswet
Making Mr. Right. The premise behind this film is simple and the sub plots are uncomplicated and sometimes trite, but the movie is consistently contrived, from beginning to end.John Malkovich is a scientist who creates a look-alike android to precede him into space. Ann Magnuson is the assistant who is in love with her boss and ends up spending time with the android. Complications ensue. Well, duh! The suspension of belief required is pretty hard to achieve. In fact, it was impossible to achieve such an extreme level of dim awareness.The only redeeming element associated with this work is John Malkovich's performance, which is startling and Michael Jacksonesque (though not so much so as Depp's Chocolate Factory persona).All in all? Unless you're a die hard John Malkovich fan, this really isn't worth your time.It rates a 4.2/10 from...the Fiend :.
mustican
John Malkovich stars in Making Mr right as a scientist who makes a robotic version of himself to be used in a space mission. The company he is working for hires a women to teach the robot about emotions. But she falls in love with the robot. I don't have much to say about John Malkovich who gets the job done as usual. For some reason, this film didn't make me laugh in the parts I was supposed to. Ann Magnuson is not really convincing for her part. Okay, this is not supposed to be a serious film but again with the material we are talking about, a much better movie could have been done. She looks more like the wife of the senator who spends all her day shopping and changing hairstyle. There are some moments of the film you can smile but that's all. By the way nobody buys this robot's way of learning to impress a woman. Even a real person can't make it right with only one go. I think we are shown only the surface of the film, but in a romantic comedy audience expect to see a bit of deepness too. This is a big miss in Making Mr Right. * out of *****
NocturnalButterfly
When I was little, this used to be one of my favorite movies ever. I don't know if it was the song at the end, or the outer space thing, or the movie itself, but I still love it. The romance between Frankie and Ulysses is weird all in all, but really satisfying nonetheless. The ending is the greatest, happy endings are what make the romance stories, I believe anyway. But, I really wish there were more scenes between Frankie and Ulysses, it seems to have gone kinda fast. And the fact that Frankie didn't even consider herself a freak for loving an android boggles me. Even kissing one. Whenever I finish watching this movie I always sit back and wonder what would happen in the sequel, if there ever was one. This is a great movie for anyone in the mood for a strange but yet smart romantic comedy.