What's New, Pussycat? (1965)

Second viewing, first with original audio; first viewed on April 16, 1996.

A compulsive womanizer is getting some pressure from his girlfriend to marry her. He gets involved with several women on the side, and consults with a psychoanalyst who has women problems of his own.

Formally, this is a stage farce that oddly climaxes in a slapstick short. I enjoyed it a lot more this second time, in part because the dubbed version I had first seen made it impossible to appreciate the film's verbal wit. Still, some of its jokes did not work for me, and its accelerated rhythm and (for most of its duration) verbosity sometimes feel strained and slightly annoying.

Rating: 51 (up from 25)