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| Directed by | Reginald Hudlin |
| Produced by | Lorne Michaels |
| Written by | Tim Meadows Dennis McNicholas Andrew Steele |
| Starring | Tim Meadows Karyn Parsons Billy Dee Williams John Witherspoon Jill Talley Lee Evans Will Ferrell Sofia Milos Eugene Levy David Huband |
| Music by | Marcus Miller |
| Cinematography | Johnny E. Jensen |
| Editing by | Earl Watson |
| Studio | SNL Studios |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
| Release date(s) | October 13, 2000 |
| Running time | 84 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $24 million[1] |
| Box office | $13,743,212[1] |
The Ladies Man is a 2000 American comedy film that stars actor, comedian and former Saturday Night Live cast member Tim Meadows. It was directed by Reginald Hudlin. The movie focuses on the exploits of radio host and sex therapy expert Leon Phelps.
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Leon Phelps (the "Ladies Man") was a Saturday Night Live character played by Tim Meadows during the 1990s. The sketch was that of a broadcast program in which Phelps, a young, suave black man, would give dubious romantic advice and lovemaking tips.[2] The Ladies Man openly proclaimed that he would court any woman at all, including skanks, providing the woman weighs no more than 250 pounds. A night of romance would generally center around a bottle of Courvoisier.
After finally going too far during a broadcast, Leon is fired, but he receives a note from one of his former flames who wants him to come back to her -- and is willing to support him in high style. This sounds just fine with Leon, except that the woman didn't sign her name, and now Leon has to backtrack through his numerous conquests of the past and figure out who wants him to work his love magic. Meanwhile, a secret group called the Victims of the Smiling Ass (V.S.A. for short), consisting of the angry husbands and boyfriends who've been cuckolded by Leon, have discovered Leon as their target and are now hot on his trail, eager to get revenge. Will Leon discover who his true love is and live happily ever after with her, or will he end up as a victim of the V.S.A.'s revenge?
The film opened at #4 at the North American box office making US$5.4 million in its opening weekend.
The film was heavily panned by critics. Based on a sample of 72 reviews, 11% of reviews were positive on the internet review website Rotten Tomatoes with the average score of the film, which is 3.2 out of a possible 10 by critics.[3]
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