Choose Me (1984)
Several lost-soul night-owls, including a nightclub owner, a talkback radio relationships counseller, and an itinerant stranger have encounters that expose their contradictions and anxieties about love and acceptance. (imdb)
Cast and Information
Directed By: Alan Rudolph
Written By: Alan Rudolph
Starring: Keith Carradine, Patrick Bauchau, Lesley Ann Warren, Geneviève Bujold, Rae Dawn Chong, John Larroquette
Genres: Romance, Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
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Choose Me belongs to 10 collections
1. Jonathan Rosenbaum's Top 1000 Movies (collaborative: moderated by PeaceAnarchy - 38 stars)
2. They Shoot Pictures' Recommended Viewing (collaborative: moderated by Cinephile - 19 stars)
3. Doubling The Canon (collaborative - 13 stars)
4. Doubling The Canon (2010 update) (collaborative: moderated by MMAlpha - 5 stars)
5. Cult Movies (Danny Peary) (collaborative: moderated by iconogassed - 3 stars)
6. Premiere Magazine's 50 Unsung Classics (collaborative: moderated by Jorg - 2 stars)
7. Doubling the Canon (2011 update) (collaborative: moderated by MMAlpha - 1 star)
8. Doubling the Canon (2012 update) (collaborative: moderated by Cinephile - 1 star)
9. Roger Ebert's Top 10 Films of 1984 (collaborative)
10. Movies to See: Comedy (public: Lord Moe)
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| Dec 10, 2022 | jnydam | 47 26th |
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And we wonder where the term toxic masculinity came from? This is a trash movie. It’s like watching a serial killer fall in love with every woman he sees. I just didn’t get what there is to this.
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| May 27, 2021 |  |
JJ1986 | 60 54th |
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The music is oh, so very, eighties.
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| Nov 13, 2018 |  |
fra paolo | 77 85th |
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This was an immensely engaging film although the dialogue seemed laboured at times. I had issues with some of the acting. I thought Warren was overmatched, but Bujold made up for it. I still don't know whether to blame the script or the direction, though.
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| Apr 28, 2018 |  |
wetwillies | 90 80th |
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Viewed April 27, 2018.
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| Aug 10, 2016 |  |
cinegeek.de | 80 55th |
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Our Daily Free Stream: Alan Rudolph - Choose Me. Alan Rudolphs Choose Me hat viele Qualitäten, vor allem ists aber ein gewagter, ein faszinierender Film! Ich denke, das ist auch beabsichtigt! Es gibt Filme, die uns in die Spannung versetzen oder Rätsel aufgeben, dieser hier ist vor allem faszinierend!(...)
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| Feb 01, 2016 | Jazzaloha | 69 63rd |
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Liked the 80s vibe in this.
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| Feb 10, 2012 |  |
CloseFriend | 17 2nd |
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The premise is novel, but the movie does EVERYTHING else wrong. The acting is so wooden that I can see why all five leads had stunted careers. The direction is utterly artless; the red motif and the Francophilia motif are so sloppily applied, distributed as haphazardly as the shots that go for actual artistic interest, and the music cued at such odd times that this feels exactly like a telefilm with intermittent swearing. Lantana has a similar premise with a MUCH better execution.
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| Dec 29, 2010 |  |
DavidKahane | 43 24th |
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a film noir that doesn't have the energy to get off the couch and engage with the world. There's a stiffness and formality in the dialogue that's at odds with Rudolph's interest in the twisty hold sexual attraction has on people. It doesn't have a strong enough pulse to portray obsession. Contrived terseness is the overwhelming tone of the film. It needs heat. It has murmured discussions of heat instead.
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| Dec 24, 2010 |  |
tinysausage | 74 57th |
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I dunno, there something about Rudolph... there's love in his films, a tenderness.
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| Apr 29, 2010 |  |
JakeAesthete | 87 87th |
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If Hal Hartley directed a cheesy '80s version of My Blueberry Nights and had Paul Thomas Anderson do the camerawork (Boogie Nights copies the opening shot almost exactly), it would probably turn out a lot like this. Maybe not quite as great as that sounds (to me anyway), but close enough...
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| Dec 10, 2009 | Mechatigger | 100 91st |
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An eccentric, sometimes erotic, always perceptive adult comedy. A unique, dreamy meditation on sexual longings.
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| May 23, 2007 |  |
Stain | 0 8th |
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Alan Rudolph sucks
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| Average Percentile 56.15% from 109 Ratings |  |