The Truth About Cats and Dogs
Director: Michael Lehmann
Starring: Uma Thurman, Ben Chaplin, Janeane Garofalo, Jamie Foxx
Ms. Garofalo, in a lovely, winning performance, gives Abby lots of heart while also making defensive snappishness a big part of her charm.
It has its own sunsplashed vitality, thanks to spirited writing by Audrey Wells and winning performances from all three principals.
Written by former deejay Audrey Wells, the observant and funny script includes some wonderful scenes for the leading ladies.
Janeane Garofalo in this movie... is so likable, so sympathetic, so revealing of her character's doubts and desires, that she carries us headlong into the story.
The Truth About Cats & Dogs is very funny around the edges... but as the characters begin to hang out together, forming a platonic menage a trois, the mistaken-identity ruse never escalates into true screwball lunacy.
Best Comedic Performance
MTV Movie Awards (1997)
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