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Making Mr. Right (1987)

Directed by Susan Seidelman · Cinematography by Edward Lachman

PG-1398 min146 frames

ComedyRomanceScience Fiction

A man with a good warranty is hard to find.

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Stills, screencaps & shots from Making Mr. Right

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Making Mr. Right (1987) movie still: fullbody — A plain institutional room with blue-tinted walls meeting in a sharp corner. A man in a tan prison…Making Mr. Right (1987) movie still: medium — A 1990s kitchen with white cabinets, checkered floor, and retro geometric wallpaper. Three individuals…Making Mr. Right (1987) movie still: closeup — A person holds a transparent plastic sleeve filled with small photographs above a red bag. The…Making Mr. Right (1987) movie still: medium — A room with pink walls contains a large potted palm and a vintage film projector. A woman in a yellow…Making Mr. Right (1987) movie still: medium — A man sits in the driver's seat of a parked car in a bright outdoor lot. A woman leans through the…Making Mr. Right (1987) movie still: closeup — A simplified line drawing of a horse head occupies the center of a flat board. To the right, the edge…Making Mr. Right (1987) movie still: medium — A sterile laboratory setting featuring metallic wall panels, large circular pressure gauges, and…Making Mr. Right (1987) movie still: medium — A crowded auditorium features yellow walls and rows of people in professional attire. A man leans over…Making Mr. Right (1987) movie still: fullbody — A hospital or office corridor with light blue tile walls and industrial flooring. A janitor in a…Making Mr. Right (1987) movie still: wide — A group of people approaches a brutalist concrete facility under an overcast sky. A woman in a striped…Making Mr. Right (1987) movie still: medium — A well-lit commercial interior with glass display cases showing diamonds and jewelry pieces. A blonde…Making Mr. Right (1987) movie still: medium — A pool deck with several women in 1980s swimwear sitting around white plastic tables. One woman in the…Making Mr. Right (1987) movie still: medium — A brightly lit interior space with tiled floors and white cabinetry visible in the background. An…Making Mr. Right (1987) movie still: establishing — A dark, star-filled field of outer space serves as a vacuum setting. A jar of Tang and a metal…Making Mr. Right (1987) movie still: fullbody — A flat cardboard cutout of a smiling man lies on grey pavement. The image of the man is distorted by…Making Mr. Right (1987) movie still: closeup — A car floorboard is covered in dark red carpet and features pedals for driving. Bare feet with red…
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Making Mr. Right — official trailer

What is Making Mr. Right about?

When image consultant Frankie Stone is hired by a tech company to teach a scientist’s “Ulysses Robot” how to be a man, she winds up developing very real feelings for the faux human.

Where can you watch Making Mr. Right?

US availability for Making Mr. Right (1987). Data by JustWatch, listings on TMDB. Availability changes — check the provider for current listings.

Who stars in Making Mr. Right?

Who made Making Mr. Right?

What does the cinematography of Making Mr. Right look like?

Across 146 sampled frames, Making Mr. Right builds its coverage from medium shots (64% of the sample), with close-ups (16%) carrying much of the rest. Cinematographer Edward Lachman keeps 54% of it in soft, high-key light. Anamorphic glass shapes the frame. Focus stays shallow in 71% of the frames, isolating subjects from their surroundings.

What is the color palette of Making Mr. Right?

The dominant colors across the sampled frames of Making Mr. Right (1987) are #f6f6f5, #322f2f, #d2d1cf, #070708, #ababab, #8d8c8c — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.

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  • #322f2f
  • #d2d1cf
  • #070708
  • #ababab
  • #8d8c8c

See the full Making Mr. Right colour palette — every hex with its share, plus warmth, saturation and luminance.

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