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Town and Country (2001)

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Reviews Counted:89

Fresh:12

Rotten:77

Average Rating:3.5/10

Consensus: Afflicted with extensive re-editing and re-writing, this sex comedy feels confusingly choppy. Also, the main characters are so wealthy and privileged that it's difficult to feel sympathy for their problems.

Rated: R [See Full Rating] sexuality and language

Runtime: 1 hr 45 mins

Genre: Comedies

Theatrical Release:Apr 27, 2001 Wide

Box Office: $6,275,248

Synopsis: Ellie and Porter Stoddard appear to be the perfect couple. Ellie (Diane Keaton) is a successful designer, Porter (Warren Beatty) a high-powered architect, living in the lap of luxury on Fifth... Ellie and Porter Stoddard appear to be the perfect couple. Ellie (Diane Keaton) is a successful designer, Porter (Warren Beatty) a high-powered architect, living in the lap of luxury on Fifth Avenue with their wonderful children and various foreigners wandering through their home. Off they jet to Paris to celebrate their 25th anniversary with their best friends, Griffin (Garry Shandling) and Mona (Goldie Hawn). But upon their return to New York, the idyllic life disappears when Mona catches Griffin having an affair, setting off a trail of suspicion and betrayal among the foursome. While Porter tries to downplay his fling with a cellist named Alex (Nastassja Kinski), he gets himself stuck in hilarious entanglements with Jenna Elfman and Andie MacDowell--and a much more serious one with his oldest and dearest friend, Mona. Peter Chelsom's romantic comedy, cowritten by and featuring the great Buck Henry, is a lighthearted romp through New York City, Sun Valley, Mississippi, Paris, and the Hamptons. The terrific cast also includes Charlton Heston and Marian Seldes as MacDowell's dangerously bizarre parents, but it is Shandling and Beatty who steal the show. Shandling provides constant comic relief as he struggles with his newfound sexuality while Beatty hems and haws his way through a series of increasingly ridiculous situations, able to do with a glance and a grin what most actors can't do in a lifetime. [More]

Starring: Warren Beatty, Diane Keaton, Andie MacDowell, Goldie Hawn

Starring: Warren Beatty, Diane Keaton, Andie MacDowell, Goldie Hawn, Garry Shandling

Director: Peter Chelsom

Director: Peter Chelsom
Producer: Fred Roos, Simon Fields, Andrew Karsch
Studio: New Line Cinema

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struggles for commitment

Full Review Source: Hollywood Report Card | comment Comment
05/13/01
Ross Anthony
Ross Anthony
Hollywood Report Card

Ejemplo claro de lo que no se debe hacer a la hora de escribir un guión.

Full Review Source: Moviola | comment Comment
10/08/01
Jorge Avila Andrade
Jorge Avila Andrade
Moviola

Every bit as disappointing as the advance word suggested.

Full Review Source: Orlando Weekly | comment Comment
04/27/01
Philip Booth
Philip Booth
Orlando Weekly

So many idiotic complications, implausible reversals, loose ends and flat-out buffoonery that the good will of the opening is utterly lost.

Full Review Source: Orlando Sentinel | comment Comment
04/26/01
Jay Boyar
Jay Boyar
Orlando Sentinel

As long as you don't think about it too much, it will make you laugh.

Full Review Source: Jam! Movies | comment Comment
04/27/01
Liz Braun
Liz Braun
Jam! Movies

Stands as one of the season's few genuinely adult comedies.

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04/27/01
Jay Carr
Jay Carr
Boston Globe
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the nondescript direction and slipshod film editing... fail to draw out any of the conflicts in an interesting way

Full Review Source: AboutFilm.com | comment Comment
05/04/01
Carlo Cavagna
Carlo Cavagna
AboutFilm.com

A disjointed comedy that's, quite simply, not very funny.

Full Review Source: Norman Transcript | comment Comment
04/27/01
Jim Chastain
Jim Chastain
Norman Transcript

The script is this film's weakest link - it's telling that most of the (few) laughs come from old-fashioned physical slapstick and the sight of Beatty in a bear suit.

Full Review Source: Reeling Reviews | comment Comment
05/23/01
Laura Clifford
Laura Clifford
Reeling Reviews

Glossy, vapid and having nothing to do with reality.

Full Review Source: CNN.com | comment Comment
04/27/01
Paul Clinton (CNN.com)
Paul Clinton (CNN.com)
CNN.com
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Beatty's performance consists primarily of looking befuddled.

Full Review Source: Dallas Morning News | comment Comment
04/26/01
John C. Davenport
John C. Davenport
Dallas Morning News
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After all the expense and time New Line spent on the film, it's likely to be forgotten by moviegoers within a month.

Full Review Source: TheMovieReport.com | comment Comment
05/05/01
Michael Dequina
Michael Dequina
TheMovieReport.com

Makes Ishtar seem like the good old days.

Full Review Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel | comment Comment
04/26/01
Duane Dudek
Duane Dudek
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Has a dash-around charm that provides urbanely silly entertainment.

Full Review Source: San Diego Union-Tribune | comment Comment
04/27/01
David Elliott
David Elliott
San Diego Union-Tribune

Feels like a ragged assemblage of parts from at least two entirely different movies.

Full Review Source: New York Post | comment Comment
04/27/01
Jonathan Foreman
Jonathan Foreman
New York Post
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It's pretty bad.

Full Review Source: PopMatters | comment Comment
04/27/01
Cynthia Fuchs
Cynthia Fuchs
PopMatters

If Town & Country were a play, it would already have closed.

Full Review Source: Film Journal International | comment Comment
06/02/01
Maria Garcia
Maria Garcia
Film Journal International

Its contrived machinations are far too obvious.

Full Review Source: Rochester Democrat and Chronicle | comment Comment
04/27/01
Jack Garner
Jack Garner
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle

Instead of humorous, this film is obtuse. Instead of romantic, it's boorish. Do yourself a favor and just pass on this bloated piece of gunk and rent some of the earlier films from director Woody Allen, which "Country" so woefully tries to emulate.

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12/19/02
Josh Gilchrist
Josh Gilchrist
Billings Outpost (Montana)

"From the beginning, the making of this movie was a blueprint for disaster. It's a feeble, badly edited, slapstick sex comedy."

Full Review Source: www.susangranger.com | comment Comment
05/06/01
Susan Granger
Susan Granger
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