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What's New Pussycat?

What's New Pussycat?

Comedy · Romance · 1965

A playboy who refuses to give up his hedonistic lifestyle to settle down and marry his true love seeks help from a demented psychoanalyst who is having romantic problems of his own.

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What's New Pussycat?

“How you cats will laugh ... when you see the answer to the comedy question of the year!!!”

1965 Comedy · Romance 1h 48m

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5.9 / 10

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A playboy who refuses to give up his hedonistic lifestyle to settle down and marry his true love seeks help from a demented psychoanalyst who is having romantic problems of his own.

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Clive Donner

Written by

Woody Allen

Peter Sellers

Peter Sellers

Dr. Fritz Fassbender

Peter O'Toole

Peter O'Toole

Michael James

Romy Schneider

Romy Schneider

Carole Werner

Capucine

Capucine

Renée Lefebvre

Paula Prentiss

Paula Prentiss

Liz Bien

Woody Allen

Woody Allen

Victor Shakapopulis

Ursula Andress

Ursula Andress

Rita

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Put What's New Pussycat? on trial.

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The defence The Popcorn Loyalist

“Sincerity is not manipulation.”

The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.

The prosecution The Cool Ironist

“The strings are showing.”

Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.