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Three on a Couch

Christopher Pride (Jerry Lewis) wins a contest to go to Paris for a month and ready to marry psychiatrist girlfriend Dr. Elizabeth Acord (Janet Leigh). She can't join him since she can't leave her patients. She has three particular female patients who distrust men after terrible breakups. He decides to cure them while incognito. Ben is a wet blanket and his views are outdated anyways. Quite frankly, he needs to be written out of the movie or be a rival to Christ. Christ doesn't really need his support for the plot and I don't need him for the appeal. It would be a fun love triangle if he could investigate and sabotage Christ. As a rival, he would add some needed danger and this movie needs an antagonist. As it stands, the only thing going for this movie is Jerry Lewis playing the different characters. I don't see it as that funny but it is somewhat interesting. The stakes are never that high since I don't see Elizabeth breaking up with Christ. He needs a good rival.

I honestly didn't think Jerry Lewis was himself on this one. He normally would make you laugh with his clumsiness and his silly antics! He just had his normal voice and like, he even began to be pretty whiny in this. I mean, there are other movies that I didn't like of his but this one is tragically worse then I thought! I did laugh only a little when he was trying to 'cure' the 3 girls that his therapist girlfriend is dealing with. He did this by dressing up as 3 personalities- a cowboy, a nerd and a fitness lover guy. To be quite honest with you. I thought it really was too much and unflattering. I think Lewis should never have done the film if he couldn't step up a notch! Yeah he probably thought by doing this would make him still funny but honestly, it didn't turn out that way for me I'm afraid.. I'm really disappointed with this, it's just so crap!

This is another movie I hope will come out on DVD. This is where Jerry Lewis gets play a smart person and yet show us his goofy side we all enjoy so much. I love the part at the end where he thinks he is free and then the other three girls show up. Janet Leigh too really does a good job as his fiancé. I love the part where the girls encourage her to forgive him. Their chemistry is great together! That's what movies and television are for, to get away from reality where everything works out in the end.

Jerry's portrayal of Rutherford and sister Heather is one of his best. I'm giggling now as I remember the scenes. The movie is truly a delight to watch; I discovered it during the late 70's. Despite bad press from some and in my opinion, Jerry Lewis is one of the kings of comedy. In fact, Jerry is my second favorite comedian next to Richard Pryor.

Totally flat, thoroughly boring, and painfully unfunny story about a schmuck (Jerry Lewis playing himself) who tries to get his psychiatrist girlfriend to drop her patients so she can go on vacation with him. Not a laugh to be found for nearly 2 hours! This was supposed to be a comedy, right? Lewis walks through this with his usual greased hair and arrogant swagger along with his usual pathetic attempt to act 'suave' and 'smooth', at which he fails miserably - as usual. I have a feeling that whenever one of these Lewis fiascoes was released, Dean Martin did not rush out the door to see it.

This is the first and only movie I've seen from Jerry Lewis. He is from before my time and I didn't have great expectations of his comedic abilities. But it was better than I expected. There were moments I really had to laugh and that doesn't happen all to often. Even if not all the scenes are even funny and sometimes irritating long (the farewell party at the office), I must say that Jerry Lewis can be a very funny man.

This movie is one that has both amused me and appalled me over the years. Jerry Lewis is an odd sort of comedic actor. When left to his own devices he can be downright annoying in his portrayals. Too bad this movie falls into that category. Jerry follows the stereotype he so loves as we see him often with cigarette in one hand and drink glass in the other. Lewis has potential to be great as a comedic actor but by acting as star (in multiple roles), director, and producer he's pretty much given himself carte blanche to do whatever he wants while in front of the camera. The premise of the movie is fairly typical for Jerry Lewis movies of the 60's. It does provide us an opportunity to watch Janet Leigh and Mary Ann Mobley which is always a pleasure. All in all it's a pretty silly movie that simply doesn't hit the mark.