Video Review

Watch It (1993)

Reviewed by Lawrence O'Toole | Aug 13, 1993
EW's GRADE
B+

Details Movie Rated: R; Genres: Comedy, Drama; With: Suzy Amis and Peter Gallagher

This comedy-drama about four young men rooming together in Chicago is tart and smart, and it's actually about something: the bug called lack of commitment. Though written and directed by a man (Tom Flynn), it refreshingly shows men as cranky and insecure, women as intelligent and funny. The story's a tad too schematic, but as a sounding board on how men and women relate to each other in the '90s, Watch It has resonance. It also has one of the best retorts in recent memory: ''I'm a woman, heh? If you ever become a man, look me up.'' B+

Originally posted Jul 30, 2009 Published in issue #183 Aug 13, 1993 Order article reprints
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