Review of The Out-of-Towners (1999) by Guido M — 22 Jun 2012
"Silly, messy but eventually funny, The Out-of-towners is a good comedy, but mostly good because of Steve Martin's charming performance".
There are many movies who spoofes New York unsensitivity for ousiders, them being robbed, kidnapped or involved in the middle of a Mafia or something alike. The Out-of-towners is another who steps in that territory and with Goldie Hawn and Steve Martin, I expected no more than a solid comedy with nothing golden to offer. Indeed, It was solid but not enough, at least I laughed.
The core of the movie is Steve Martin, doing the role of a bad-tempered husband. He does it so well. His carreer in SNL definately shows up again in this movie, where he stills doing foully things.
Goldie Hawn is one of the problem of this movies. Exagerates her role as a mother and wife that just looses his own kids, and probably she is leaning more for the romantic side of the movie, which terribly fails into decadent ambrosia.
Even though the script is funny, it has some mistakes. The main aim to this movie gets burnt by this mistakes, showing fun but lack of an interesting plot.
When Henry Clark (Steve Martin) gets fired from his job, he goes to New York followed by his wife, Nancy (Goldie Hawn). But their relationship and the trip itself will fall apart in disaster, all in one crazy night.
So as I tell, this version of The Out-of-towners is pretty different to 1970's gem. But it is some popcorn fun, and if you are a Steve Martin fun, you will not be dissapointed.
This review of The Out-of-Towners (1999) was written by Guido M on 22 Jun 2012.
The Out-of-Towners has generally received mixed reviews.
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