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The Out of Towners

The Out of Towners (The Out-Of-Towners)

1999

Sam Weisman

Steve Martin, Goldie Hawn, John Cleese, Mark McKinney ...

4.5

2,096

Comedy. Adventure The remake of the 1970 Neil Simon comedy follows the adventures of a couple (Steve Martin and Goldie Hawn) vexed by misfortune while in New York City for a job interview.

	Author	Review
United States	Lawrence Van Gelder The New York Times	"Goldie Hawn and Steve Martin are appealing performers, but none of the energy, professionalism and gameness they display (...) can surmount the mess that surrounds them in this misguided comedy"	NEG
United States	Stephen Hunter The Washington Post	"If you've seen the preview you've seen the movie. In fact, there really isn't a movie. There's a preview and then a much longer preview."	NEG
United States	Joe Leydon Variety	"Weisman and his well-cast leads go through their paces with solid professionalism, resulting in a lightweight but likable entertainment"	POS
United States	Roger Ebert rogerebert.com	"If the characters as well as the situations are slippery, there's no place to stand (…) Rating: ★½ (out of 4)"	NEG
United Kingdom	Derek Adams Time Out	"From the opening scene, it's clear director Sam Weisman has neither the desire nor, for that matter, the talent for turning what is essentially mere melodramatic Hollywood fluff into something a little less, well, lazy."	NEU

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