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She's Funny That Way
The film centers on a hooker-turned-Broadway-thespian and follows the “recurring intersection between these two facets of her life”. A married Broadway director falls for a prostitute-turned-actress and works to help her advance her career.
4 August 1937, Willimantic, Connecticut, USA
30 July 1939, Kingston, New York, USA
13 August 1964, Queens, New York City, New York, USA
27 December 1952, New York City, New York, USA
4 March 1989, Skokie, Illinois, USA
15 April 1976, White Plains, New York, USA
25 October 1985, Portland, Oregon, USA
18 November 1968, Dallas, Texas, USA
December 19, 2016
She's Funny That Way is trying very hard to be a sexy screwball comedy. It tries so hard, with such a contrived and silly story, that it only succeeds in wearing the audience down. [Full review in Japanese]
August 21, 2015
Too many times the characters in this movie sprint across the line separating quirky charm from know-somethingish affectation, and then stay on the wrong side of it.
April 06, 2016
Co-written by Bogdanovich with his ex-wife Louise Stratten ... the story is brisk, breezy and executed with panache.
May 04, 2016
It's a lighthearted, somewhat amusing romp written by Bogdanovich and his ex-wife Louise Stratten, filled with interweaving stories that twist and turn, and are amplified when it becomes clear this isn't the first time Arnold has "mentored" a prostitute.
August 27, 2015
The giggly men's-magazine tone, especially in Bogdanovich's treatment of call girls, makes the movie seem weirdly anachronistic.
September 16, 2015
Amusing piffle for audiences congenitally annoyed by new-fangled comedies.
August 24, 2015
She's Funny That Way often displays an old-school generosity and polish, and at least one breakout performance - but just as often, its moments of inspiration are tempered by miscasting and shrill attempts at humor.
August 20, 2015
So hopelessly nostalgic about the madcap fizz and fury of screwball pictures, it never works up a head of steam as a funny, in-this-moment comedy on its own.
August 27, 2015
The actors do their best with a hit-and-miss screenplay.
September 04, 2016
Bogdanovich, the principal proponent of the latter-day screwball comedy, wastes a large and capable cast here.