Fresh
Pipe Dream does have its charms. The leads are natural and lovely, the pace is serene, the humor wry and sprightly.
Hazel-Dawn Dumpert, L.A. Weekly
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Pipe Dream
Overview
A lonely plumber poses as a movie director to meet women, and the writer whose script he's stolen builds on his ruse to get her movie made.
Director and cast
- John C. Walsh Director
- Mary-Louise Parker as Toni Edelman
- Martin Donovan as David Kulovic
- Rebecca Gayheart as Marliss Funt
- Susan Misner as Onica
- Jill Hennessy as Marina Peck
- Jonathan M. Woodward as Boyd
- Kevin Carroll as RJ
- Guinevere Turner as Agent
- Peter Jacobson as Arnie
- Adina Porter as Lauren Gunther
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
72%
Tomatometer
Fresh
A smart, sweet and playful romantic comedy.
Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times
Fresh
What bubbles up out of John C. Walsh's Pipe Dream is the distinct and very welcome sense of watching intelligent people making a movie they might actually want to watch.
John Anderson, Newsday
Fresh
One of the funniest films I've seen this year.
Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly
Fresh
The quirky and recessive charms of co-stars Martin Donovan and Mary-Louise Parker help overcome the problematic script.
Frank Scheck, Hollywood Reporter
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