Dexter King (Jeff Goldblum) plays straight man to unpleasant comedian Ron Anderson (Rowan Atkinson). He falls in love with Kate (Dame Emma Thompson), a pretty nurse he meets when he is receiving injections for hay fever. When Anderson fires him, he acquires the title role in a musical stage version of "The Elephant Man". Kate dumps him when she suspects he is having an affair with a fellow cast member, and he must win her back.... (Full plot summary below)
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Dexter King (Jeff Goldblum) plays straight man to unpleasant comedian Ron Anderson (Rowan Atkinson). He falls in love with Kate (Dame Emma Thompson), a pretty nurse he meets when he is receiving injections for hay fever. When Anderson fires him, he acquires the title role in a musical stage version of "The Elephant Man". Kate dumps him when she suspects he is having an affair with a fellow cast member, and he must win her back.
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| VarietyVariety StaffThe fresh, alert performances add enormously to the polished sparkle of the script. |
| Arkansas Democrat-GazettePhilip MartinMel Smith's and Jeff Goldblum's finest hour |
| User ReviewSV GGotta love the musical version of ELEPHANT MAN. |
| User ReviewMaxwell LAn American Actor trying to make it in London. Cast in the title role of Elephant! (the Elephant Man the musical.) Jeff Goldbloom, Emma Thompson and Rowan Atkinson. Couldn't Stop Laughing. |
| User ReviewAnna LGotta love the musical version of ELEPHANT MAN. |
| User ReviewClaire PCould watch it everyday....funny as hell!!Esp the Elephant Man Musical lol!!!Great quirky british comedy..'What in the name of Arse!'..lol |
| User ReviewElizabeth NA nice easy to follow Comedy Stars the lovely Emma Thompson and Jeff Goldblum and Watch out for the man singing the bed , it's me ! |
| User ReviewPatje TOne of the sexiest love scenes ever filmed---an all-time fave. Jeff is his usual superb self. Emma is outstanding. And even Rowan Atkinson (one of my least-favorite actors) didn't suck. |
| User ReviewAnthony PCharming, witty and adult. I watch it at least once a year and it never fails to make me laugh. And a really nice love story to boot. |
| User ReviewWilbur FOne of the funniest yet least known and underrated comedies that I have ever seen. Oh yeah, and it has the funniest sex scene ever caught on film. |
