The Woman Chaser firmly lands somewhere between the jet-black comic nightmare of Classic Hollywood as seen in Barton Fink, and the deadpan neo-noir homage of The Man Who Wasn't There — which is to say it's essentially a diet Coen bros film about the murky waters of filmmaking and the extent people will go for their art. It's certainly one of the stranger character studies put to film, that of a particular 1950s American idealist, effortlessly portrayed by Patrick Warburton in (I think?) his only live-action starring role. I'm glad he's had a hell of a voice-acting career — Brock Samson all-time best character — but between this and Puddy on Seinfeld, it's made me realise that we need more live-action work from this guy.
When you lowkey have to punch your newly pregnant girlfriend in the stomach because you don't want to help her raise the baby. Talk about one of the all-time darkest gags ever executed to celluloid. There are many grim and morbid jokes out there in the world of comedy, but the way this one is portrayed here is next-level nasty.
The Woman Chaser firmly lands somewhere between the jet-black comic nightmare of Classic Hollywood as seen in Barton Fink, and the deadpan neo-noir homage of The Man Who Wasn't There — which is to say it's essentially a diet Coen bros film about the murky waters of filmmaking and the extent people will go for their art. It's certainly one of the stranger character studies put to film, that of a particular 1950s American idealist, effortlessly portrayed by Patrick Warburton in (I think?) his only live-action starring role. I'm glad he's had a hell of a voice-acting career — Brock Samson all-time best character — but between this and Puddy on Seinfeld, it's made me realise that we need more live-action work from this guy.
When you lowkey have to punch your newly pregnant girlfriend in the stomach because you don't want to help her raise the baby. Talk about one of the all-time darkest gags ever executed to celluloid. There are many grim and morbid jokes out there in the world of comedy, but the way this one is portrayed here is next-level nasty.
