Fresh
I groaned my way through this black -- and blue -- romantic comedy and then decided I liked it.
Lisa Alspector, Chicago Reader
Hugo Pool
A comedy with serious relief
1997 · 1h 32m · R
Comedy, Romance
Directed by
Robert Downey Sr.
Overview
Hugo Pool is a quirky tale of a Los Angeles pool cleaner who falls in love with a young man dying of Lou Gerhig's Disease.
Director and cast
- Robert Downey Sr. Director
- Alyssa Milano as Hugo Dugay
- Patrick Dempsey as Floyd Gaylen
- Cathy Moriarty as Minerva
- Malcolm McDowell as Henry Dugay
- Robert Downey Jr. as Franz Mazur
- Mark Boone Junior as Pool Supply Man
- Sean Penn as Strange Hitchhiker
- Richard Lewis as Chick Chicalini
- Bert Remsen as Sad Old Man
- Chuck Barris as Irwin
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
29%
Tomatometer
Rotten
It's as if Downey Sr.'s irreverence and off-the-wall humor couldn't quite co-exist with the heartfelt tribute he intends to make here to his wife and her fellow Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis sufferers.
Michael Wilmington, Chicago Tribune
Fresh
A sweet, winning diversion that meanders enjoyably on the strength of its laid-back charm.
Nathan Rabin, AV Club
Rotten
Hugo Pool, the first film in six years from former counterculture director Robert Downey sets new standards in wacko charmlessness.
Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly
Rotten
The best thing about this bizarre love story (follie de grandeur) between a female pool cleaner and immobile man in wheelchair is that it puts icon Robert Downey behind the camera after long absence; with some luck Patrick Dempsey should become a lead man
Emanuel Levy, Variety
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