The Man Who Loved Women (1983)

At the funeral of a renowned sculptor (Burt Reynolds) attended almost exclusively by women, his former analyst and lover (Julie Andrews) recollects how he loved them all in his way and they loved him back. An English language remake of the 1977 Francois Truffaut film and directed by Blake Edwards. The 1977 film was one of Truffaut's lesser works and I'm surprised Edwards thought it would translate well into an American film. The sculptor's obsession with the female sex and his inability to commit is not unlike the protagonist of SHAMPOO which came out some eight years earlier. But that film was not only better written and structured but had an actor (Warren Beatty) that was able to convey the angst of loving women perhaps too much yet unable to commit to a monogamous relationship which eventually leaves him alone. Reynolds is defeated by the role and I'm not sure if it's a case of miscasting or he just didn't have the acting chops. There's a sequence set in Houston involving Kim Basinger that's horrendous and just stops the movie cold and it never recovers. With Marilu Henner, Sela Ward, Jennifer Edwards, Barry Corbin and Cynthia Sikes.