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A Disappointing Continuation

The best films of this genre always show a path and provide a takeaway for being a better person.

It's funny, it's tense, it features two great performances from two actors and the director expertly creates a web of odd tension where you actually don't know what is happening for the majority of the run time.

It's the kind of movie you'll want to see a second time with someone who hasn't seen it yet, to remember what it was like to watch it for the first time.

Thoroughly enjoyed this. I had never seen (or heard of) this film before, but what a sweet and pleasant surprise. It's well written, both plot and dialogue. There are wonderful twists happening all the time and the delivery by Steve and Goldie is truly fantastic. It's been a while I had so many spontaneous laughs in any comedy. Ah just the way Steve falls over the couch and stands up again, he's a comedic genius. And Goldie has this uniquely radiant, sweet quality about her while making anything she says simply hilarious. Another excellent element is the music score, subtle piano trio jazz mixed with more orchestral semi-classical arrangements, very tastefully done (by composer Miles Goodman who passed away too early). If this film does not bring a smile to your face I don't know what will. It's pure sunshine!

This is a charming, light, sweet screwball comedy, with an excellent ensemble cast all wonderful in their roles. Goldie Hawn beautifully plays a charming, off-beat con artist, whose pathological lying and skewed take on reality unwittingly lead her to bring about genuine love and kindness. Along the way, she reunites a family; sheds light on the old flame of her "victim" Steve Martin (exposing the motivations of the woman who broke his heart); and creates two new families proving that, in the movies at least, you may be able to make a silk purse from a sow's ear.Both Hawn and Martin excel in their roles and they work really well together. Hawn's kooky and lovable small con-artist is perfect against Martin's straight laced conservative architect and the strange double life they have to lead, due to their constant lies, makes for an entertaining story. They are ably supported by a great cast of character actors and the character combinations make for some great scenes.Overall rating: 7 out of 10.

I would have thought this film would have had a somewhat higher rating. But then I remember 2 things I have learned over several years of reading and writing reviews for IMDb. First, that IMDBers don't understand comedy...all to often they think if a film has some humor in it, it's a comedy...not realizing that most lives have humor in them, even though life is a pretty serious thing. Not understanding the difference between a film that is generally a drama and generally a comedy...well, that's a real issue if one is writing a review. But that's not the issue here. No, the issue here is a lack of an adult perspective about comedy. This comedy isn't about farting or puking or a misunderstanding about cocaine. It's about two adults getting themselves into a most unusual situation, often based on comical misunderstandings.This is an especially good role for Goldie Hawn; there's a maturity here that didn't always come through with Hawn, although she was almost always quite good on the big screen. And, a very good role for Steve Martin, too. Martin could tackle many different roles from the absurd to the subtly humorous.Dana Delany is good as the "other woman". I was disappointed to see the wonderful actress Julie Harris as Steve Martin's mother...too much of a secondary role for a classic actress. Donald Moffat was perfect as Martin's father; another reliable character actor. It's always a pleasure to see Peter MacNicol, here as a colleague, although this is hardly his most intriguing role.Of course, we know from the beginning that ultimately Martin and Hawn will actually fall in love. The question is how they will get to that point. It's quite an entertaining film...unless you're looking for raunch humor.

I liked the movie. I could watch it again. I listened to the score as it played out. It seemed to me to be very Baroque, one theme against another, though all fitting together. Gwen and Newton have a one night stand. He leaves! She is resentful, he is regretful. These are not the only voices. The father, the mother and the girlfriend they come in and they come out. There is nothing deep here. There is nothing to be learned. There is only the pleasure as the different strands go against each other and resolve at the end. I laughed as I watched. I have been now told by IMDb that I must have ten lines of text. I have nothing more to say.