Synopsis
A successful veterinarian and radio show host with low self-esteem asks her model friend to impersonate her when a handsome man wants to see her.
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Cast
- Uma ThurmanNoelle
- Janeane GarofaloDr. Abby Barnes
- Ben ChaplinBrian
- Jamie FoxxEd
- James McCaffreyRoy
- Richard CocaEric
- Stanley DeSantisMario
- Antoinette ValenteSusan
- Mitch RouseBee Man
- La Tanya M. FisherEmily
Recommendations
- 90
The New York Times
Ms. Garofalo, in a lovely, winning performance, gives Abby lots of heart while also making defensive snappishness a big part of her charm. - 90
Washington Post
It has its own sunsplashed vitality, thanks to spirited writing by Audrey Wells and winning performances from all three principals. - 88
Chicago Sun-Times
Janeane Garofalo in this movie... is so likable, so sympathetic, so revealing of her character's doubts and desires, that she carries us headlong into the story. - 80
Empire
DJ Audrey Wells' crafty screenplay brims with truths about the sexes, providing great lines for Garofalo, and great business for Thurman's confused waif, and cranks the feelgood factor up so high it's almost off the scale. - 75
ReelViews
There aren't many surprises, but the script is written with a degree of wit, and there are some bitingly funny one-liners (all of which are delivered by Garofalo). - 75
San Francisco Chronicle
You can see the outcome from a distance, but Michael Lehmann ("Heathers") directs with such snap, and the actors play their concert of comic duets and trios with such skill and charm, that The Truth About Cats & Dogs emerges a surprising, first-rate romantic comedy. - 70
Los Angeles Times
From the moment we meet Abby, whimsically soothing her callers, we're turned into lap dogs, ready to follow her -- ready to follow Garofalo -- anywhere. - 50
Chicago Reader
Though the basic brains-versus-beauty tension suggests a female variation on "The Nutty Professor", this is a softer version of the dilemma than Jerry Lewis offers -- easier to take and easier to forget.
