Hilarious, charming and over the top.Written as an ironic commentary on marriage and monogamy, "What's New Pussycat" makes fun of all the clichés and absurdities that men and women say and do to each other in a romantic context. It's all there: misconceptions about marriage, clichés about what a man or woman is supposed/expected to do in certain situations, the absurdity of people's expectations in regard to their partner and so on. The script is really clever and it does succeed to make some valid points on these issues. What's interesting is how it switches from sophisticated comedy to slapstick and vice versa. The soundtrack is absolutely fantastic, by Burt Bacharach, Dionne Warwick and Tom Jones (why is this out of print?)– I actually envy people living in that era. All the actors seem to really enjoy themselves and have tremendous fun with their parts. Shakespearean actor Peter O'Toole makes an unexpected shift and it's a rare delight to watch and listen to him in such a different role. I had no idea he could be so funny.You're in for some great one-liners and priceless reactions from Peter O'Toole, a funny cameo from Richard Burton, drunken serenades, a crazy dream sequence, hysterical psychotherapy sessions where patients recall their sexual history and much more.If you don't have the sense of humor to appreciate this movie, at least you must have the sense of fashion to appreciate Peter O'Toole in that fabulous forest-green jacket. That alone makes it worth watching.

Peter O'Toole plays a sexually compulsive man who is irresistible to the opposite sex. He just can't seem to help himself when it comes to indulging with women, but he says he wants to be monogamous because he adores his fiancée and wants to be faithful to her. His therapist is Peter O'Toole--a guy far more screwed up than any of his patients. And, in contrast, Woody Allen plays the exact opposite of O'Toole--he's a nice guy with zero sex appeal. Throughout the film, various sexy ladies and temptations come their way--including Romy Schneider (the fiancée), Capucine and Paula Prentiss.Individual elements of "What's New Pussycat?" are very impressive but all together, they are pretty dreadful. The music is pretty catchy--but overused. Peter Sellers is at times quite funny as a totally screwed up psychiatrist. Peter O'Toole is handsome and at times likable. And, Woody Allen is a likable loser. But, when all these elements are combined in this Woody Allen script, the film just doesn't work all that well. I think there are many reasons but the main ones boil down to the film trying WAY too hard to be funny--it truly seems forced and very loud---too loud. And O'Toole, though a fine actor, isn't a particularly funny guy--and the fit with him and Sellers and Allen seems bizarre--like putting Marlon Brando in a Laurel & Hardy film! The film seems to be a product of the wacky and far from subtle 1960s--and is also very reminiscent of another Peter Sellers/Woody Allen bomb, "Casino Royale" (1967)--also a loud, glitzy 60s film that tries way, way, way too hard to be funny and sexy--and ends up being neither...and which also featured some nice music.

I like the women in this film. They're conventionally beautiful (Romy Schneider), elegantly beautiful (Capucine), sensually beautiful (Paula Prentice), and just ridiculous (Ursula Andress). They contribute to the overall impact of the imagery. It's an appealing LOOKING film.By themselves, though, or even collectively, as part of a horde, they provide the material for humor without necessarily being funny in themselves.That's the problem with the whole movie, which is credited to Woody Allen. There are some exceptional moments in which a viewer laughs or at least smiles, but for the most part, what there is of the story races headlong through its 108 minutes of running time.The plot itself doesn't really matter, and it doesn't have to in order for a film to be a success. In this case, Peter O'Toole is the editor of a fashion magazine over whose handsomeness all women salivate. He seeks treatment from the freaky Doctor Fassbender, Peter Sellers, who is constantly and recklessly in pursuit of women. Various complications ensue. The climax is one of those endings in which, unable to think of anything else, the writers have the principles chasing one another through hotel corridors or on freeways with nothing to say or do -- a farce without Feydeau.The music by Burt Bacharach is of the period and is splendid. There are rip offs or allusions to Wagnerian opera, Richard III, and 8 1/2. All the performers do their best with this pallid stuff. Richard Burton and O'Toole have a clever, mutually puncturing exchange at a bar. Anyone must envy Peter O'Toole's forest green, velveteen sports jacket. Peter Sellers comes closest to being consistently amusing. He's about to commit a Viking suicide on the bank of the Seine, draws a broadsword and clangs it down on a hard object, hurting his hands. He exclaims, "Ach! Verschplunkt!" In the end, though, hysteria and silliness aren't really too funny if they're without substance. If they were, Americans would be laughing themselves senseless over their own politics.

What's New Pussycat is directed by Clive Donner and Richard Talmadge, has a screenplay by Woody Allen and stars Peter O'Toole, Peter Sellers, Romy Schneider and Woody Allen.Michael James(Peter O'Toole) is a young, suave and handsome man who for reasons he can't fathom attracts ladies.He has had more affairs than you can count and lives with Carole(Romy Schneider)who is the closest to a fiancé he has ever had.They love each other a lot and she hopes he will propose to her.The comedy in What's New Pussycat lies in the scenes between Michael and his therapist Dr.Fritz Fassbender(Peter Sellers)who is one of the most bizarre characters ever put on screen, and the sheer bemusement of Michael at how many women are attracted to him. Filled with witty dialogue and funny situations, this is one that will cheer you up. There's quite a few famous stars in cameo appearances including Richard Burton,Woody Allen and Ursula Andress as a woman who quite literally drops into Michaels life.Well worth watching and plus there's that classic Tom Jones theme song.