The Truth About Cats & Dogs (1996)

93 min · Romantic Comedy, female buddy film, romantic comedy

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Directors

Michael Lehmann

Cast

Uma Thurman, Janeane Garofalo, Ben Chaplin, Jamie Foxx, James McCaffrey, Richard Coca, Stanley DeSantis

The story

Abby Barnes is a veterinarian and host of a radio show called The Truth About Cats and Dogs. Photographer Brian calls into her show for advice, and unexpectedly sends her a gift and calls her at work to ask her out; she agrees to meet. Her insecurity about her appearance leads her to lie to him over the phone and describe herself with the physical features of her neighbor Noelle Slusarsky.

Catalogue themes and tags

1990s, Act of Deception, Beautiful Woman, Decoy, Identity theft, Komplexe, Love at Second Sight, Radio Presenter, Radio Transmission, Schönheit, Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika, Verwirrspiel, Veterinarian, bester Freund, Romantic comedy, Romance Film, Comedy of Errors, Comedy

Genres

Romantic Comedy, female buddy film, romantic comedy

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