Love Potion No. 9 (1992)

One of my all time favorites.

A brilliant film that helped define a genre

what a terribly boring film. I'm sorry but this is absolutely not deserving of best picture and will be forgotten quickly. Entertaining and engaging cinema? No. Nothing performances with flat faces and mistaking silence for subtlety.

All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.

I saw this movie years ago and remember it as being quite good. The bar scenes were very good. I bought the VHS of it and gave it another viewing. They must have changed the VHS version as there was only one bar scene. I am wrong. It is not a good movie at all. It had Sandra in it and you can't mess her up. She was super in it as always. She did her very best to save this movie but it was not to be. It really was a drag. I can,t say for sure that it was that bad because I think they changed it quite a bit leaving some really great scenes out. It just wasn't the same as I remember it. I will say it was nice to see Anne Bancroft once again. It boils down to this. I think the first time I saw it it was okay. The version I bought was not okay. Don't get me wrong, the acting was good. The movie was bad.

Sandra Bullock has the type of looks that can go either way, i.e., plain Jane or knockout. She does this very successfully in Love Potion No. 9, a cute film based on the song of the same name. The film sports a cameo by Anne Bancroft.Bullock and Tate Donovan play scientists who fool around with a love potion (number 8) which Bancroft gives Donovan to try. He doesn't try it; his cat does. After being overrun by horny cats, Donovan and Bullock move on to Bullock's chimps and then themselves.This all eventually leads to a return visit to Bancroft, this time for love potion number 9 and a very madcap finale.Entertaining. Bullock is always a delight.

OK-I was gonna hold off on saying anything because my friends insist this is great and want me to give it another chance. I can't resist though, for now in saying that being a Sandra bullock fan and liking(or REASONABLY liking) all her movies when I was channel surfing on late night and came upon this I thought Id like it. However, although I had no problems with Bullock I was a little irritated by this movie. This movie or what I saw of it-was both over the top and not very funny. One scene I did really like was at the bar with the group of nasty girls. That was very funny. But other scenes that were supposed to be comedic didn't do anything.All the emphasis on animals/lab monkeys and tripping and falling/a lot of irritating things happening overshadowed the premise until finally I had to change the channel. Now I don't know-my friends have begged me to give this another chance but if I do I will have to fast forward through parts of it. I hadn't ever heard of love potion number 9 before stumbling upon it late night. I HATE to bash on movies and I always look for the positive and then again I didn't stay to watch the whole thing and my friends think it's really cute. Since I didn't watch to completion, vote's still out. The pleas from my friends are so strong on this one for a re look, maybe I will just have to try. But all I can say for now is it wasn't for me. And this is the type of movie where you need humor-and LOTS of it-to get into the storyline at all.Right now, I'll be kind and rate it 5 on here(and since my friends usually have good taste) but I doubt this one'll ever become a 10.

Decent enough romantic "comedy" about a nerd who acquires a dose of so-called "love potion" from a mysterious gypsy fortune teller. This suddenly makes the opposite sex take notice for once. Sound routine enough for ya?Bullock is fine in this watchable early vehicle, but it's rather dry and unfunny. Based on the iconic song, "Love Potion No. 9." Otherwise, there is no connection.**