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"He's Her Work In Progress"

This is an update of George Bernard Shaw's "Pygmalion" that changes the genders of the main characters. Hannah Higgins attempts to turn blue-collar Boston beer vendor Elliot Doolittle into a viable candidate and inadvertently learns something of Elliot's side of life.

Top Cast

  • Julia Stiles

    Julia Stiles

    Hannah

  • David Walton

    David Walton

    Elliot

  • Camryn Manheim

    Camryn Manheim

    Colleen

  • Frances Fisher

    Frances Fisher

    Allie Doolittle

  • Tony Viveiros

    Tony Viveiros

    Frank

  • Nada Despotovich

    Nada Despotovich

    Wilma

  • Maureen Keiller

    Maureen Keiller

    Vivian

  • Bill Mootos

    Bill Mootos

    Wade Bradbury

  • Lonnie Farmer

    Lonnie Farmer

    Humphrey Rossdale

Overview

This is an update of George Bernard Shaw's "Pygmalion" that changes the genders of the main characters. Hannah Higgins attempts to turn blue-collar Boston beer vendor Elliot Doolittle into a viable candidate and inadvertently learns something of Elliot's side of life.

Rating

5.6 / 10
80 Reviews
1 Popular

1 Reviews

  • Nicholas_V
    Nicholas_V
    1.5 Jan 31, 2013

    Not even sweetly silly. This lacks more political credibility than The Campaign. It's hard enough to endure Julia Stiles as this pedantic cold fish who is so concerned with the "proper" English language. But even excusing that, it's the relationship tropes between her character and David Walton which shamelessly force that distance. He is a beer vender who can barely speak. She has pesky issues with everything and can't even do a slight smile. We get it, you can't get further than that. Together they learn to adapt and she realizes that kindness and likability can go a surprisingly long way. Did I expect anything different? Not really, just wanted to start adding to my tally from this year. Sure, I laughed a few times and bought into its sentimental affection, and that is why I wouldn't rate it any lower.

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