Character Relationship Map: Two Much

Characters

• Art Dodge (played by Antonio Banderas) — protagonist

  Art Dodge is a struggling former artist who runs a failing gallery and deceives grieving widows to survive. He becomes involved with Betty, invents a fictional twin identity to pursue Liz, and relies...

• Betty (played by Melanie Griffith) — protagonist

  Betty is a wealthy heiress and Gene's estranged former wife. After helping Art escape from Gene's henchmen, she quickly falls in love with him and plans their wedding. Gene's selfless devotion eventua...

• Liz (played by Daryl Hannah) — supporting

  Liz is Betty's sister and an art professor who initially regards Art as a dishonest gigolo. She falls for the fictional twin identity Art creates, while remaining distant from Art himself. After disco...

• Gene (played by Danny Aiello) — supporting

  Gene is a mobster and Betty's estranged former husband who still loves her. He first threatens Art after catching him in a scam involving his family, but later pressures him to marry Betty solely for...

• Gloria (played by Joan Cusack) — supporting

  Gloria is Art's unpaid gallery assistant, caught between his financial problems and his increasingly complicated romantic deception. Although reluctant, she helps him maintain the fictional twin schem...

Canonical Relationships

Family, romantic, and professional connections based on plot evidence.

• Art Dodge → Gloria (Professional Employer And Assistant) — Gloria is Art's assistant and an unwilling operational partner in his scheme.

  Art struggles to pay his assistant Gloria while keeping his gallery open. He later enlists her to help maintain the two-identity deception.

• Betty → Gene (Romantic Estranged Spouses) — Their former marriage develops into a renewed relationship.

  The plot identifies Betty as Gene's estranged two-time ex-wife. Gene continues trying to romance her, and they elope after she calls off the wedding.

• Art Dodge → Liz (Romantic Love Interest) — Liz becomes Art's genuine romantic attachment despite the false identity supporting their courtship.

  Art becomes attracted to Liz after seeing her in the shower, later uses a fictional twin identity to court her, and ultimately walks away with her.

• Art Dodge → Betty (Romantic Partner) — Their relationship begins with attraction but is complicated by Art's deception and divided affections.

  Art hides in Betty's Rolls-Royce, and they subsequently make love. Betty then impulsively decides to marry him.

• Betty → Liz (Family Sisters) — Their sisterly relationship directly links the two romantic storylines.

  Liz is explicitly identified as Betty's sister, and both women become involved in the same mistaken-identity scheme.

Story Dynamics

Alliances, conflicts, and narrative interactions that evolve throughout the story.

• Art Dodge → Gene (Conflict Adversaries) — Gene treats Art as a threat to Betty and repeatedly pressures him.

  After Art's scam targets Gene's recently deceased father, Gene has men pursue and beat Art. Gene later threatens Art over the wedding.

Story Analysis

A desperate gallery owner creates a false twin identity to pursue two sisters, forcing love and deception into a final reckoning.

Plot Progression

1. Scams And Sudden Attraction — Art tries to save his failing gallery through an obituary-based painting scam. After escaping Gene, he meets Betty, and their immediate attraction creates a sudden marriage plan.
2. The Sisterly Complication — Art discovers Betty's sister Liz and becomes attracted to her as well. He invents a twin identity so he can court both sisters while concealing the truth.
3. Running Between Identities — Art's deception expands through studio visits, exchanged paintings, and simultaneous dates. Gloria is drawn into the increasingly difficult effort to keep the two identities separate.
4. Threats Before The Wedding — Gene's men pursue Art on the eve of the wedding and beat him in the studio. Art confesses the truth to Liz, but she misunderstands what he is trying to reveal.
5. Love Chooses Its Truth — The wedding-day confrontation exposes the emotional consequences of Art's deception. Betty chooses Gene, Liz recognizes Art's identity, and Art later rebuilds his life and relationship honestly.