The Tall Guy

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The Tall Guy

R,

1989,

1h 32m,

Romance/

Comedy

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85%

20 Reviews

Tomatometer

66%

2,500+ Ratings

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85%

Tomatometer

20 Reviews

66%

Popcornmeter

2,500+ Ratings

An American actor (Jeff Goldblum) in London meets a nurse (Emma Thompson) and stars in a musical version of "The Elephant Man."

Variety Staff

Variety

Mar 26, 2009

The fresh, alert performances add enormously to the polished sparkle of the script.

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Geoff Andrew

Time Out

Jun 24, 2006

Mel Smith's directorial debut is uninhibited by finesse, but it has its laughs.

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Caryn James

New York Times

Aug 30, 2004

It is hard to resist a story in which a man wearing an elephant head pedals his bicycle through London in mad pursuit of his true love.

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Eddie Harrison

film-authority.com

Jan 31, 2024

3/5

‘…arguably the most copied British film ever; these tropes have been seen in tens if not hundreds of films since, so it’s striking to see them played with varying degrees of confidence the first time around…

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Rene Jordan

El Nuevo Herald (Miami)

Oct 26, 2022

More disposable than kleenex. [Full review in Spanish]

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Emanuel Levy

EmanuelLevy.Com

Jul 20, 2005

3/5

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Abraham W

Jan 26, 2019

Emma Thompson is just lovely

Anakin G

Jan 11, 2019

Funny, charming and romantic. A wonderful film.

Finn L

Oct 24, 2018

Although it has something of a manic pixie dream girl problem-Kate Lemon is a nurse in more than one way, saving the lives not only of her patients, but of this emotionally stilted (stilt-ed), perpetual adolescent-the screenplay's wit and the outstandingly sharp performances elevate the otherwise familiar rom-com material. The gags are sometimes ridiculously cartoonish, at points eliciting more groans than laughs, and the romance loses steam halfway through-a problem when the love is almost all steam-but the goofiness is charming, and the charm is enough to carry the movie to the end.

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Leia S

Apr 15, 2018

Charming, witty and adult. I watch it at least once a year and it never fails to make me laugh. And a really nice love story to boot.

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Synopsis

An American actor (Jeff Goldblum) in London meets a nurse (Emma Thompson) and stars in a musical version of "The Elephant Man."

Director: Mel Smith
Producer: Paul Webster
Screenwriter: Richard Curtis
Rating: R
Genre: Romance, Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (DVD): Mar 19, 2002
Box Office (Gross USA): $91.1K
Runtime: 1h 32m

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