Dr. T And The Women (2000)

Set in Dallas, Texas. A frantically overworked, socially in demand gynecologist's (Richard Gere) life is unraveling. His wife (Farrah Fawcett) had a nervous breakdown, his sister in law (Laura Dern) and her children have moved in with him, his daughter (Kate Hudson) is getting married, his nurse (Shelley Long) is in love with him and he's falling in love with  the new golf pro (Helen Hunt) at his club. Directed by Robert Altman (MCCABE AND MRS. MILLER), this is a pointless mess of a movie. Decidedly one of Altman's worst movies though frankly I prefer it to some of his more celebrated films like MASH and CALIFORNIA SPLIT. It meanders all over the place but so did some of his best movies like NASHVILLE and SHORT CUTS but those films eventually merged into a cohesive pyramid by the movie's end or like PRET A PORTER (aka READY TO WEAR) got by on style. This one just sputters into a surrealistic finish as if nobody could come up with a satisfactory ending. A lot of talent is wasted though Fawcett and Dern manage to bring some clarity to their characters. With Liv Tyler, Lee Grant, Tara Reid, Robert Hays and Janine Turner.