{"id":86,"date":"2006-03-26T13:37:23","date_gmt":"2006-03-26T20:37:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=86"},"modified":"2022-09-10T00:19:27","modified_gmt":"2022-09-10T07:19:27","slug":"cry-uncle-1971","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=86","title":{"rendered":"Cry Uncle (1971)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;Please, punish me! I sold rice to the Vietcong and now I&#8217;m ready to take my medicine.&#8221; <\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Cry-Uncle-Poster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Cry-Uncle-Poster-197x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"197\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-26376\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Cry-Uncle-Poster-197x300.jpg 197w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Cry-Uncle-Poster-84x128.jpg 84w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Cry-Uncle-Poster.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 197px) 100vw, 197px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nPrivate detective Jake Masters (Allen Garfield) has sex with nearly every woman he meets while on the trail of a blackmailing murderer.  <\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong> <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Allen Garfield Films<\/li>\n<li>Black Comedy<\/li>\n<li>Criminal Investigation<\/li>\n<li>Detectives and Private Eyes<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Response to Peary&#8217;s Review:<\/strong><br \/>\nThis sexist private eye spoof has few redeeming qualities, and is especially disappointing considering that it was director Joe Avildsen&#8217;s follow-up to his noteworthy, daring debut film, <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=140\"><em>Joe<\/em> (1970)<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Cry-Uncle-Still2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Cry-Uncle-Still2-1024x769.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"481\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-66820\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Cry-Uncle-Still2-1024x769.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Cry-Uncle-Still2-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Cry-Uncle-Still2-128x96.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Cry-Uncle-Still2-768x576.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Cry-Uncle-Still2-360x270.png 360w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Cry-Uncle-Still2.png 1211w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Masters is unappealing in every way, and it&#8217;s no fun to watch him having sex with woman after woman &#8212; including one who&#8217;s already dead. Skip this one. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Not much at all.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNo. While this movie was renowned at the time for mixing soft-core porn into a &#8220;straight&#8221; detective flick, it&#8217;s ultimately neither funny nor particularly enjoyable. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/imdb.com\/title\/tt0066960\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fwfr.com\/display.asp?ID=11899\">Four Word Film Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.timeout.com\/film\/69937.html\">Time Out Capsule Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Please, punish me! I sold rice to the Vietcong and now I&#8217;m ready to take my medicine.&#8221; Synopsis: Private detective Jake Masters (Allen Garfield) has sex with nearly every woman he meets while on the trail of a blackmailing murderer. Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Allen Garfield Films Black Comedy Criminal Investigation Detectives and Private Eyes Response to Peary&#8217;s Review: This sexist private eye spoof has few redeeming qualities, and is especially disappointing considering that it was director Joe Avildsen&#8217;s&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=86\"> 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":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-86","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-responses-to-peary"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86","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=86"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":87140,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86\/revisions\/87140"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=86"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=86"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=86"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}