The Out-of-Towners

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Summary: i think that movie was very good
Review: that movie was good.and 5 stars up.

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Summary: It's a wet your pants kind of movie
Review: The chemistry between Sandy Dennis, and Jack Lemon is so brilliant, and so real, you'll find yourself saying "Oh God, I know someone like him/her." Everytime I see it I love it all over again.

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Summary: Oh my God...George...that movie was hilarious!
Review: The first time I saw this movie I was instantly in love with it. Since that evening 4 years ago, I have seen several other times. Each time I watch it, it is just as funny as the first. Lemmon and Dennis are a riot. If you like to laugh, and I mean laugh. I suggest you see The Out-of-Towners.

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Summary: Oh My God
Review: The lighter side of the depressed Lemmon which turned up in so many great films in the 60s and 70s. The man was a bona fide acting genius.

But for my money Sandy Dennis steals the show. She glows through the rain and delays, muggings, mountains of garbage and all the rest. Somehow, through it all, with Lemmon quickly deteriorating and predicting doom around every corner, Dennis keeps some kind of suburban elegance. She makes a breakfast of Cracker-Jack after a cold wet night sleeping on the ground in Central Park look like heaven.

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Summary: Jack 's anger whistling to a complacent Sandy is hysterical
Review: The monotone Sandy Dennis highlights Jack Lemmons attempt to accept one mishap after the other as being all in the cards.The optomism Jack had and the slow degradation of it mirrors that of a real marraige, for tried and true there is always a spouse to say "i told you so", but in this case it never had to be said.

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Summary: Another Classic American Comedy.
Review: THE OUT-OF-TOWNERS was written by Neil Simon and remains one of his best works, even though Simon is mainly a playwrite. The movie starts off fairly slow and uneventful as George and Gwen Kellerman, from Twin Oaks, Ohio, are flying to New York where George has an interview (just mere formality) for a vice presidency. They are expecting to eat dinner at 8:30pm at the Four Seasons, but they never see the inside of that famous eating establishment. Instead, the plane circles for hours and ends up going to Boston because of fog. Once in Boston their luggage is lost, they miss the train to New York, and catch the train to New York. Once in the Big Apple, they find that the city is in the middle of transit and garbage collectors strikes. In the pouring rain they walk to their hotel only to find that their room wasn't held and has been given away. Later the couple are mugged, kidnapped, and George is mugged in his sleep. Having not eaten for several hours and with no money they chase a stray dog for a breakfast of a half-eaten box of Cracker Jacks. More chases follow and they are even kicked out of praying in a church because of a televised special. George eventually does make his morning meeting, but by then has learned some very important lessons about family and the simple life back home in Twin Oaks, Ohio.

Jack Lemmon is great in this movie, but I find it's Sandy Dennis who really steals the film. She plays Gwen perfectly, brilliantly foiling Lemmon's performance as the loud and boistorous George. The "O, my God" line, which signals a major worry by Gwen, keeps me laughing every time I hear it.

THE-OUT-OF-TOWNERS is a very witty comedy and one of Neil Simon's finest pieces of writing. It's a great movie to watch alone or with family and friends. It's relatively short (around 90 minutes), too, so even if you don't enjoy it, you won't have wasted much time.

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Summary: Fake widescreen buyer beware!
Review: This dvd release is not presented in the true aspect ratio the movie was originally filmed and shown in theaters in.
All 4 sides of the frame are cut mostly the top and botton half of the picture to fit what looks like a full screen version to fit 16x9 widescreen tv.
Dont the studio's get it? The reason people who want widescreen versions of film is so that they can see the full veiw of the picture frame the way the director intended.
Thoes of us who want widescreen dont want any of the picture frame to be cut out out!
Great movie, good picture qualtity apart from the cut apect ratio.

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Summary: The funniest whistling teeth gag ever!
Review: This has to be one of my all time favorite films. I cannot see Steve Martin and Goldie Hawn topping this. Jack Lemmon is masterfully funny with his whistling teeth, broken on a crackerjack. This man is a genius and should be recognised so. I hope it comes out on DVD soon.

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Summary: One of Neil Simon's funniest!
Review: This movie is so hilarious I only recommend it to people who are in excellent shape and have a soft floor to roll on. There is really just one joke: Lemmon needs to get to a job interview and the entire City of New York is hell bent on keeping him from getting there. Nonetheless, every time something new happens to the hapless couple, it just gets funnier and funnier, until finally when they are headed for home and find out they are by no means out of the woods, I was just howling with laughter. This one kept me laughing for two weeks with just one viewing. Ten thumbs up!

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Summary: The Day EVERYTHING Went Wrong
Review: We've all had those moments when everything that could go wrong, did, and there's invariably someone available to cheerfully tell us how we should have done it. Aargh!!! Gwen and George have no fewer than 20 things go wrong on their business trip to New York. This movie is Murphy's Law stretched to the maximum and will have you laughing in sympathy to the couple's responses to misfortune. Wonderful movie you can watch with your children!