The Man Who Loved Women is a 1983 American comedy film directed by Blake Edwards and starring Burt Reynolds, Julie Andrews and Kim Basinger.
Mourners attended the funeral of David Fowler, a successful sculptor, including his psychiatrist Marianna.
Before his death, David had an active romantic history with numerous women which left him socially, artistically, and sexually impotent.
During one rainy night, David picks up Nancy, another prostitute whom he meets on the street, and takes her to his residence.
There, he meets Louise, the wife of Texas millionaire Roy Carr; she takes David to her penthouse where the two briefly have sex.
Believing Roy to be away on a business meeting, Louise is startled when her husband abruptly returns with a new pet dog.
Shortly after, he learns Louise has been charged with attempted murder after shooting her husband, who had found out about her affair.
However, he relates subsequent dalliances with a brunette, Courtney, and Sue, a college student seeking work as a babysitter.
Edwards had endured painful experiences with Hollywood studios in the past — he immortalised them in his film, S.O.B.
The scene did not involve Reynolds, but some of his conquests, including those played by Julie Andrews, Marilu Henner and Kim Basinger.
[12] Vincent Canby of The New York Times wrote, "It takes an inordinate amount of time to build up momentum, but once it does, 'The Man Who Loved Women,' Blake Edwards' 'Americanization' of François Truffaut's 1977 French comedy, skates successfully over thin ice.
"[14] Gene Siskel of the Chicago Tribune gave the film three stars out of four, and wrote that "Edwards' script doesn't seem to be able to make up its mind whether it wants to be serious or not.
But after the film's comic high point—a funny scene involving the Texas oilman, his wife, their little dog, two piece of carpet and a tube of Crazy Glue—'The Man Who Loved Women' settles down and views David at a clinical distance with a strangely affecting compassion.
"[15] Kevin Thomas of the Los Angeles Times wrote that Reynolds "is stuck having to play a character so totally self-absorbed that it's impossible to care about him.
"[16] Gary Arnold of The Washington Post wrote, "Derived from one of François Truffaut's least satisfying movies, the Blake Edwards remake of 'The Man Who Loved Women,' now at area theaters, always loomed as some kind of fiasco.
The only surprise is that Edwards and his hapless associates, particularly costars Burt Reynolds and Julie Andrews, have adapted the prototype with such suicidal fidelity.
[18] Edwards and Reynolds enjoyed working together, and initially planned to do a remake of the Laurel and Hardy short, The Music Box, with Richard Pryor.