Themes: Playing the Field, Assumed Identities, Romantic Betrayal
Main Cast: Malik Yoba, Stacey Dash, Monteria Ivey, Rhoda Ross Kendrick, Sheryl Lee Ralph
Release Year: 1999
Country: US
Run Time: 89 minutes
Plot
Writer/director Mike Sargent makes his feature debut with this witty romantic comedy about looking for a lover in the newspaper pages. New York reporter Keith Parker (Malik Yoba) neglects his day job to tend to his two girlfriends. His carefully balanced world comes crashing down when he gets canned from work and dumped by both of his honeys. Keith resolves to get his life back in order by placing some personal ads both under his real name and under his cheesy pen name. Much of the rest of the film details Keith's adventures on the town with a diverse array of women including an angry black militant (Angela Bullock) who denounces Whoopi Goldberg, a depressive poet (Joie Susannah Lee), and a forthright businesswoman who seeks the right man to impregnate her. Personals was screened at the 1999 Chicago Film Festival. ~ Jonathan Crow, All Movie Guide
Marlene Arvan - Associate Producer, Donna Deseta - Casting, Richard Owings - Costume Designer, Michelle Sullivan - First Assistant Director, Mike Sargent - Director, Jack Haigis - Editor, Gerrit Van Der Meer - Executive Producer, Jody Milano - Executive Producer, Bread & Butter - Composer (Music Score), Ted Glass - Production Designer, Giselle Chamma - Cinematographer, J. Boyce Harman, Jr. - Producer, Gerrit Van Der Meer - Producer, Clive Davidson - Sound/Sound Designer, Mike Sargent - Screenwriter
