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Three to Tango (1999)

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Average Rating: 4.3/10
Reviews Counted: 65
Fresh: 18 | Rotten: 47

A mediocre episode of Friends has more humor and less offensive gay jokes.

Average Rating: 4.5/10
Critic Reviews: 18
Fresh: 7 | Rotten: 11

A mediocre episode of Friends has more humor and less offensive gay jokes.

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Movie Info

In this romantic comedy of mistaken identity, Oscar Novak (Matthew Perry) and Peter Steinberg (Oliver Platt) are a pair of struggling but talented Chicago architects given the chance of a lifetime: Charles Newman (Dylan McDermott), an extremely wealthy business tycoon, is considering hiring them to design a multi-million dollar cultural center. However, Oscar and Peter aren't the only ones who've been asked to contribute ideas for the project; Decker and Strauss (John C. McGinley and Bob

PG-13, 1 hr. 35 min.

Drama, Romance, Comedy

Directed By: Damon Santostefano

Written By: Rodney Vaccaro, Aline Brosh McKenna

In Theaters: Oct 22, 1999 Wide

On DVD: Apr 11, 2000

Warner Bros. Pictures

Three to Tango Trailer & Photos

Cast

Matthew Perry
Oscar Novak
Neve Campbell
Amy Sheppard
Dylan McDermott
Charles Newman
Oliver Platt
Peter Steinberg
Cylk Cozart
Kevin Cartwright
John C. McGinley
Strauss
Bob Balaban
Decker
Deborah Rush
Lenore
Kelly Rowan
Olivia Newman
Rick Gomez
Rick
Patrick Van Horn
Zack
David Ramsey
Bill
Ho Chow
Kent Staines

Critic Reviews for Three to Tango

All Critics (82) | Top Critics (22) | Fresh (18) | Rotten (49) | DVD (12)

McDermott's natural earnestness serves him well as attorney Bobby Donnell on The Practice, but he shows zero flair for comedy.

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: Entertainment Weekly

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Bruce Fretts

Entertainment Weekly

Top Critic

Smart, sensitive, and relatively sophisticated.

January 1, 2000 Comment

Tom Keogh

Film.com

Top Critic

Three to Tango is too careful, too proper in its approach, to shift into high gear.

January 1, 2000 Comment

Robert Horton

Film.com

Top Critic

In Three to Tango Neve Campbell is mired in a plot of such stupidity that there is only one thing to do, and that is to look at her.

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: At the Movies

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Roger Ebert

At the Movies

Top Critic

In trying to be both bold and nonthreatening, the movie ends up seeming tame and mildly offensive.

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: New York Times

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Stephen Holden

New York Times

Top Critic

Although sometimes amusing, 'Three to Tango' relies on a one-joke emphasis that wears thin early on.

July 30, 2011 Full Review Source: ReelTalk Movie Reviews

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Betty Jo Tucker

ReelTalk Movie Reviews

Perry and Campbell's natural rapport is put at the service of an idiot plot.

November 28, 2009 Full Review Source: TheMovieReport.com

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Michael Dequina

TheMovieReport.com

If I had wanted a 90-minute episode of Friends, I would've asked for one.

February 8, 2003 Full Review Source: Film Quips Online

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John R. McEwen

Film Quips Online

A whirlwind of bad gay jokes and mistaken motives.

May 1, 2001 Full Review Source: Matinee Magazine

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Chuck Rudolph

Matinee Magazine

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I would call this film Kooky. Kooky is a little odd, a little different, a little unexpected but not particularly good. It wasn't predictable and it did hold my attention but overall it wasn't anything special, just refreshingly different. Basically not great but not awful either! Better than In & Out but that's not saying much eh!

May 24, 2010

Anthony Lawrie

Super Reviewer

I liked this one and I thought the cast was great. Oliver Platt was awesome in this role and he played off well with the others. It was a simple story but the actors made you care about what was going to happen.

October 4, 2007

Jason Spencer

Super Reviewer

Three to Tango Quotes

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1. Peter Steinberg: You do know there are other fish in the sea?
2. Oscar Novak: But what if you found *the* fish?
– Submitted by Hanna K (4 months ago)
1. Oscar Novak: I'm not an object! What happened with getting to know each other first?
– Submitted by Hanna K (4 months ago)

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