Dr T and the Women (2000 Robert Altman)

Altman's follow-up to Cookie's Fortune - also written by Anne Rapp - seems to be unfairly regarded. Altman's trademark use of overlapping conversations reaches new heights with noisy Texan women - the film sends up them and their lifestyle.

We always have time for Richard Gere. Helen Hunt really does seem to play the same character every time, though she's at least not annoying in this. Shelley Long maybe is the most successful; with Farah Fawcett (not a stand-in in the fountain sequence), Laura Dern, Kate Hudson, Tara Reid, Liv Tyler. Much hideous clothing and accessorising all over the place.

Music by Lyle Lovett, Ph. Jan Keisser (Mexico scenes by Ed Lachman) in Panavision.