I Could Never Be Your Woman with Karen Chee

Blank Check with Griffin & David

Blank Check Productions / Talkhouse

Tv & Film, Society & Culture, Comedy, Film Reviews

4.6 • 6.1K Ratings

🗓️ 29 June 2025

⏱️ 142 minutes

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Summary

Michelle Pfeiffer stars as Amy Heckerling and Paul Rudd stars as ????? in a totally normal movie that might actually be a voodoo curse made against Amy’s enemies. Oh, also Saorise Ronan makes her FILM DEBUT. What a picture! The incomparable Karen Chee joins us to talk about 2007’s I Could Never Be Your Woman, a movie that was financed by a French scoundrel, released directly to Blockbuster, and features some of the most dated cultural references we’ve ever come across. Is the film good? No. Is it fascinating? We sure think so! Watch A Man on the Inside on Netflix Listen to Yo-Yo Ma Check out Paul Rudd’s trick Follow Karen on Letterboxd Sign up for Check Book, the Blank Check newsletter featuring even more “real nerdy shit” to feed your pop culture obsession. Dossier excerpts, film biz AND burger reports, and even more exclusive content you won’t want to miss out on. Join our Patreon for franchise commentaries and bonus episodes. Follow us @blankcheckpod on Twitter, Instagram, Threads and Facebook! Buy some real nerdy merch Connect with other Blankies on our Reddit or Discord For anything else, check out BlankCheckPod.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Blank Jack with Griffin and David.
0:05.0	Black Jack with Griffin and David.
0:09.0	Don't know what to say or to expect.
0:13.0	All you need to know is that the name of the show is blank check.
0:19.0	What's so great about natural?
0:23.2	What?
0:24.2	Think about it.
0:25.0	Tobacco is natural.
0:26.3	Prozac's unnatural.
0:27.8	Earthquakes are natural.
0:29.2	Podcasts unnatural.
0:30.9	Natural sucks.
0:32.7	Now, here's the thing that's interesting about this movie.
0:35.1	Okay.
0:36.0	I was quoting lines that are recited by Michelle Pfeiffer.
0:39.5	Yeah.
0:39.8	Academy Award nominee.
0:41.3	Not a winner, though.
0:42.3	Iconic movie star.
0:43.7	True.
0:44.3	Playing a character who is the showrunner of a TV show about teenagers,
0:47.8	a very clear stand-in for Annie Heckerling.
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