{"id":3799,"date":"2007-07-28T18:35:56","date_gmt":"2007-07-29T01:35:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=3799"},"modified":"2021-01-17T12:03:12","modified_gmt":"2021-01-17T19:03:12","slug":"soup-for-one-1982","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=3799","title":{"rendered":"Soup for One (1982)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;Soup for one&#8230; It&#8217;s the story of my life.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/Soup-for-One-Poster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/Soup-for-One-Poster-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-23157\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/Soup-for-One-Poster-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/Soup-for-One-Poster-85x128.jpg 85w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/Soup-for-One-Poster.jpg 580w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nA single New Yorker (Saul Rubinek) hoping to meet Ms. Right falls in love at first sight with his &#8220;ideal woman&#8221; (Marcia Strassman) &#8212; then must convince her to marry him.\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Dating<\/li>\n<li>Flashback Films<\/li>\n<li>Looking for Ms.\/Mr. Right<\/li>\n<li>Romantic Comedy<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nAfter his successful role in <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=1716\"><em>Ticket to Heaven <\/em>(1981)<\/a>, Saul Rubinek starred in this comedic film about the trials and tribulations of the dating scene. Unfortunately, <em>Soup for One<\/em> doesn&#8217;t offer much that&#8217;s new or original; while it&#8217;s clearly influenced by films like <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=26700\"><em>Annie Hall<\/em><\/a> (complete with its New York setting and neurotic Jewish protagonist), it lacks both the insight and the close-hitting humor of Woody Allen&#8217;s brilliant early work. By the cliched final scenes, we&#8217;ve given up hoping for anything resembling real life or real emotions. Perhaps most egregiously, however, we&#8217;re once again presented with a beautiful female romantic lead (Strassman &#8212; a Margot Kidder lookalike) who has <em>no reason on earth<\/em> to be interested in the nebbishy male who is stalking her, yet somehow &#8212; through movie magic, one supposes &#8212; gives him a chance simply because he won&#8217;t give up. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/Soup-For-One-Still.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/Soup-For-One-Still-1024x717.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"448\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-63892\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/Soup-For-One-Still-1024x717.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/Soup-For-One-Still-300x210.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/Soup-For-One-Still-128x90.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/Soup-For-One-Still-768x538.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/Soup-For-One-Still-386x270.png 386w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/Soup-For-One-Still.png 1315w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This is sending the WRONG message to obnoxiously persistent men everywhere. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A few mildly amusing moments &#8212; as when Strassman drops her glass slipper (er, diaphragm) while running away from Rubinek<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNo. While it offers a few chuckles, this romantic comedy is ultimately a disappointment. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/imdb.com\/title\/tt0084708\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1982\/04\/30\/movies\/soup-for-one-about-coming-of-age.html\">NY Times Original Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tvguide.com\/movies\/soup\/review\/118572\">TV Guide Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Soup for one&#8230; It&#8217;s the story of my life.&#8221; Synopsis: A single New Yorker (Saul Rubinek) hoping to meet Ms. Right falls in love at first sight with his &#8220;ideal woman&#8221; (Marcia Strassman) &#8212; then must convince her to marry him. Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Dating Flashback Films Looking for Ms.\/Mr. Right Romantic Comedy Review: After his successful role in Ticket to Heaven (1981), Saul Rubinek starred in this comedic film about the trials and tribulations of the dating&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=3799\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3799","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3799","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3799"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3799\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":63893,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3799\/revisions\/63893"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3799"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3799"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3799"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}