Rating: 
Summary: Staggeringly Underrated
Review: I despise Goldie Hawn usually, and I found her very funny and touching in this movie as a supportive wife who's sacrificed her career for her children and now hopes to "suck the marrow" out of life. Steve Martin, as always, is hilarious. He is partially reprising his role in the BRILLIANT "Planes, Trains, and Automobiles" with a vengeance in this film. His attempt at controlling his demeanor at the car rental place by keeping a big smile on his face was really funny. "This sign should say 'We have car.' honey!" The homage to "Mrs. Robinson" looking through Goldie Hawns' legs at a sheepish looking Steve Martin took me by surprise as well. And, what more can you say about John Cleese? The man is nothing if not funny in everything he does. He is the anti-Fawlty in this movie, and he has a fairly juicy part as well, so look to him for some great laughs as well. Anyone who has the most recent release of Fawlty Towers on VHS will recognize at least one joke which Cleese himself brought to the movie--note: the scene about the bellboy knocking on the door with the "Do Not Disturb" sign up, to see if the guest really meant to have the sign up. This isn't a classic film, but it's MUCH better than people have been saying. A little cheesy, a lot of fun.
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Summary: Steve Martin and Goldie Hawn always did a great job together
Review: Steve Marti and Goldie Hawn did work together in Frank Oz`s House Sitter, which was a good film. In this one, The both of them are better in this film, a lot of good comic moments in this film. John Clesse also funny as the hotel manager, see his dance with woman shoes and the end of the film with woman clothes. The Best Moment on the film is Martin and Hawn are in a traphy room with people with different sex problems is funny. This is a remake from a Neil Simon, based on his written film, also star Jack Lemmon in the lead. Grade:B+.
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Summary: STICK TO THE ORIGINAL.
Review: Anyone who has seen the original 1970 version with Jack Lemmon and Sandy Dennis, under the aegis of Neil Simon's tight scriptwriting, knows how an excellent cast, script, and director can put together a comedy masterpiece. By the same token, it's easy to see how the opposite of that can create another insipid Hollywood bore-a-thon! Despite two stars in the lead that I simply adore, it falls miserably on its head. There are about 2-3 actual gags that evoke so much as a grin, and out of a full length movie that just isn't enough. While I highly recommend the original, you'd probably be better off skipping this wannabe farce.
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Summary: Unfortunate choice for a remake
Review: Thirty years ago, Jack Lemmon and Sandy Dennis starred in the original version of The Out of Towners. It was moderately successful with the public and the media. As society changed over time, so did much of what we find humorous. Back then, it was funny when the Beaver disobeyed his parents. Today, much laughter is evoked when an audience sees a kid who does obey. The Beaver would be an outcast, a nerd. We have become enormously more worldly. As was the original, the remake of The Out of Towners is a comedy about a series of mishaps that befall a naive Ohio couple when they venture to New York City. Their plane is rerouted to Boston. They fail to catch a train from there to the Big Apple. Then they rent a car, which they wreck minutes after arriving in Manhattan. Things go downhill from there. This unfortunate pair is Harry and Nancy Clark, played by Steve Martin and Goldie Hawn. Both stars give it their all, but they are no match for the way Lemmon and Dennis portrayed the couple. Hawn and Martin are comedians whose success depends on the material they are given to work with. [This is why Martin excels in movies he writes and/or directs.] Dennis and Lemmon were serious actors who can cross over into comedy. What was so funny in the original was the way the two took the mishaps so seriously. They looked and acted like an innocent Midwestern pair. Martin and Hawn come off as too glib and sophisticated to ever have such events happen to them. The movie has its moments, especially when Martin is seemingly allowed to ad-lib. His scene in Central Park, where he winds up after accidentally taking a hallucinogenic drug, is priceless. The incredible Englishman, John Cleese, has his moments as an ultra-snobbish hotel manager. Perhaps the major problem with The Out of Towners is that the story is dated in ways no rewrite could fix. New York has changed dramatically. I find much of it to be safer and friendlier than many other big cities. Times Square, once the haunt of panhandlers and prostitutes, now seems about as dangerous as Disneyland. Harry Clark is successful in the advertising business, and Nancy was once his partner, Jetting from place to place is the norm for such professionals these days, and it no longer makes sense that he hasn't been to New York before. People from the sticks are way more sophisticated than they were thirty years ago. They simply don't freak out like they used to when they go to big cities. The yokel and the redneck are dying breeds. So, today's Harry and Nancy don't seem like a couple accidentally caught in an urban hell. They seem simply ignorant.
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Summary: As good as the original
Review: I just saw this for the first time today and I had no idea it was a remake of the 1970 movie of the same name. It wasn't until about 20 minutes in that I noticed similarities to movie I had already seen not to long ago. Steve Martin and Goldie Hawn are very funny in this movie and I recommend it to anyone! This was probably as good, if not better than the original.
Rating: 
Summary: Wow
Review: This movie is so hilarious. It tells the story of a man who got fired but is too proud to admit that to his wife. Then the time comes for a new job interview in New York.
"Journey may be more important than the destination" is what Steve and Goldie find out on their way and during their stay in New York. A must watch movie.
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Summary: Not just for old grand-pa and grand-ma
Review: I thought that this movie was for people who are like 106 years-old, but its really very modern and funny!!! I never saw the 1970 version but I can honeslty say that this is a Steve Martin classic. This is much, much, much better than the last movie he made in 2003.
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Summary: if you think i'm scared of that little..dog, well, ha-ha!
Review: I also like Goldie Hawn in the first wives club, but this is just about her best performance. Is it just me or when you watch this movie do you not SEE THAT Goldie Hawn has yet hit 35? And she's like 52 in this movie, she looks so good. Steve Martin...well, he's always looked around 54 or 55, even when he was in his mid 40's, he always looks older. They are so funny together, I am serious, they were so funny, this movie always cracks me up from beginning to end!
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Summary: Not A Classic, But Still Entertaining.
Review: Steve Martin and Goldie Hawn have reputations that precede them, and when they're in a movie together, you know it's going to be a mildly funny screwball comedy. That's exactly what this movie turns out to be. This is the story of Henry and Nancy Clark (Martin and Hawn, respectively), an Ohio couple who have a son that they've just sent off to study abroad for a year, and a daughter who quit medical school to become an actress in New York. Henry has just gotten fired from his job at an advertising firm and now he must go to New York City to interview for a job at the only company that's interested in hiring him. Nancy tags along on the trip, and before you know it, the adventure begins. They begin by having their plane re-routed to Boston and the airline losing their luggage. They can't get a bus to New York City, they miss the Amtrak by just a few seconds, and then they get stuck with a rental car with a heater that won't shut off. They damage their rental car, get mugged by an Andrew Lloyd Webber impersonator, and get kicked out of their hotel. All of that happens in just the first 20 minutes of the movie. These problems and inconveniences keep mounting, and during the whole time they're looking for food to quell their hunger, a place to rest, and a way to kick-start their stagnant marriage. Like I already mentioned, this movie is mildly funny, but still not on par with other movies these two actors have made. Steve Martin is a veteran of these types of comedies, but he's not as good here as he was in movies like "Father of the Bride". He's always been great at playing the well-intentioned goof, but he just doesn't sell it as well here. Goldie Hawn is an Academy Award winner, but it's clear that her best work is behind her. She's also been in better movies of this genre. In the grand scheme of things, this movie will probably rank as one of the lesser works on these two actors' resumes. However, if you're looking to entertain yourself for 90 minutes, this movie will do the job.
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Summary: Wonderful for those with a sense of humor!
Review: I thought this was clearly a funny, enjoyable movie.
All the characters played off of one another brilliantly.
I highly suggest this movie to anyone with a good sense of
humor!
Wonderful!
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