The Ladies Man

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The Ladies Man

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2000

1h 24m

Comedy

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After being ejected from his job for one too many vulgar and inappropriate comments, Leon (Tim Meadows) unsuccessfully seeks employment from every radio station in Chicago. He receives a mysterious letter from his true love asking him to return to her -- he just has to figure out who it is!

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Critics Consensus

The Ladies Man joins the growing list of mediocre movies based on SNL skits. It just doesn't have enough material to last the length of the movie.

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Nell Minow

Common Sense Media

12/28/2010

2/5

Dumb -- SNL skits don't work as movies.

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Geoff Andrew

Time Out

06/24/2006

After I swallowed my disbelief and gave my critical faculties a break, yeah, I was tickled every 40 minutes or so.

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Peter Bradshaw

Guardian

08/10/2001

When Meadows's three-minute sketch persona is stretched out to cover a whole movie, the cracks soon start to show.

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Mark Halverson

Sacramento News & Review

08/07/2008

1/5

Another Saturday Night Live sketch character tries, futilely, to stretch to feature-length proportion...

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Christopher Smith

Bangor Daily News (Maine)

10/18/2007

D+

The director wants his film to be as smooth and as infectious as the funkadelic music he highlights throughout, but a string of bad decisions prevents that from happening.

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Michael Dequina

TheMovieReport.com

10/14/2007

0/4

Just when you thought they couldn't get worse, Saturday Night Live-based movies hit a new low.

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mark g

@Mark_Alan_G. 02/06/2025

Right there with the piece of crap that was Night at the Roxbury. Barely enough material for a two minute skit, you trying to squeeze 90 minutes? There is some talent assembled, but they are given very little to work with in the way of story.

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Sean L

@RT20680215 09/02/2024

Vastly underrated. Easily, top 5 comedy of the 2000’s. Better than the skits on SNL. Absolute must see

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Bahad j

@RT27093708 08/19/2024

This idea of the filmmaker made the movie more accessible to more people.

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Бавуу Э

@RT26109709 08/18/2024

After being ejected from his job for one too many vulgar and inappropriate comments, Leon (Tim Meadows) unsuccessfully seeks employment from every radio station in Chicago. He receives a mysterious letter from his true love asking him to return to her -- he just has to figure out who it is!

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Ella M

@RT70236596 07/17/2024

This film is far more clever than some of the Rotten Tom reviewers can digest, obviously. The axe is on their necks. It is absolutely hillarious and brilliantly written. Do not watch it if you are looking for a religious apotheosis... as it were, but definitely do if you need to laugh at your own humanity. There is a beautifully collected ensemble cast and diverse humor-pokes at every part of social reality. I love it.

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Tabitha B

@RT04373014 11/11/2023

Very underrated, this movie is hilarious but short.

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Synopsis

After being ejected from his job for one too many vulgar and inappropriate comments, Leon (Tim Meadows) unsuccessfully seeks employment from every radio station in Chicago. He receives a mysterious letter from his true love asking him to return to her -- he just has to figure out who it is!

Director: Reginald Hudlin
Producer: Lorne Michaels
Screenwriter: Tim Meadows, Dennis McNicholas, Harper Steele
Distributor: Paramount Pictures
Production Co: SNL Studios
Rating: R (Sexual Content|Language)
Genre: Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Oct 13, 2000, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Jan 21, 2010
Box Office (Gross USA): $13.6M
Runtime: 1h 24m
Sound Mix: Dolby Stereo, Dolby Digital, DTS, Surround, Dolby SR
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)