Ever watch SNL? Ever wish you could see more of 'The Ladies Man'? Well now you have your chance. In one of the funnier transitions from sketch comedy to the big screen in recent memory, The Ladies Man is funny from start to finish that even someone who has never seen SNL could appreciate.

Going into the movie, I really didn't think that you could fill up 84 minutes of a movie with just Leon Phelps (Tim Meadows). I can barely stomach him for 8.4 minutes on SNL. The thing that made this movie so enjoyable is that he really doesn't do that much of his skit during the 84 minutes. Rather, there's a story to be told, and leave it to the Ladies Man to make it more than interesting.

After being fired from his job for an insane amount of customer complaints, Leon and his producer, Julie (Karyn Parsons of Fresh Prince fame), go searching for a new job, landing them on many stations, but without a permanent home. So, what's the Ladies Man to do? Why just marry a rich wife. Coincidentally, one of his ex-ladies (Tiffany Amber-Thiessen) wants him back and she's loaded (monetarily speaking, of course). While it takes the Ladies Man a while to figure out which one of his ex-ladies wrote the letter, he does find her and wants a relationship. Problem is, she's married and her husband (Wil Ferrell) was in a previous relationship ruined by the Ladies Man and has formed a group of people wronged by the smiley-faced bandit (a tattoo on his rear that everyone sees as he flees the house).

The Ladies Man has its fair share of conry moments, but overall, the movie is funny and does a good job of keeping the audience interested, rather than falling into a trap that you usually see in SNL where the skit goes on longer than it should. Probably the best SNL skit-turned-movie since Wayne's World, any fan of The Ladies Man won't be disappointed.

Genres: Comedy
Rated: R
Runtime: 84 minutes
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