I never saw the original. So I have nothing to compare it to. All I know is that when this movie was made, Steve Martin and Goldie Hawn were two of the best actors working in the business who were the right age to have children in college or out in the real world.
And the great comedy starts right away as Nancy secretly tags along on Henry's trip to New York City for an important job interview. Not having made arrangements in advance, Nancy is not sitting with Henry, but that's about to change as they get on the nerves of everyone on the plane.
And then there is one unfortunate mishap after another. I'm enjoying all this until things get so bad for the couple that I'm not enjoying it any more. By this time, we have been introduced to the brilliant John Cleese, who has experience running a hotel and is about as kind of caring as Basil Fawlty. And if you don't know who that is, I'm referring to one of the great characters in all of comedy, who I discovered on PBS after hearing that John Larroquette couldn't live up to the standard he set. Like the cruel and conniving British character, this man shows the friendliest and most charming attitude to anyone who can benefit him and is unbelievably hateful to everyone else. Mersault doesn't quite match Cleese's most famous role but he comes close enough here. But then he does something that you just won't expect from such a proper English gentleman, and that's the key to an important plot detail.
As our heroes have to figure out some way to cope with their situation, we see that they too have the ability to scheme and bribe their way into getting whatever they want or need, and the results are hilarious. And they get on the nerves of Oliver Hudson, who I didn't recognize but who has been in so many TV series I enjoyed in recent years. I think I'm referring to the right man.
Henry and Nancy get into so many other comic situations, and I don't want to give anything away because it's so much better when you're not expecting it. But there is one scene where Henry accidentally ends up high on drugs, and Martin really shines in such circumstances. And then there is the scene where it appears the couple will break up. Kind of depressing, but I have at least some confidence they'll be all right.
And despite his reputation of recent years, Rudy Giuliani is the respected mayor of the great city, and the couple manage to create a scandal in his presence.
And does Henry get the job? Well, I won't say, but what happens when the time comes for the interview is as exciting, complicated and wildly humorous as everything that has gone before. With an amazing scene that may or may not get the desired result.
There are so many memorable characters. I was going to mention the man in charge of finding the couple's lost luggage, but he was just one of many. I probably shouldn't say memorable, because there were so many and I just don't remember them.
I've been needing a movie like this. When you depend on individual stations to show you free movies and only get the broadcast channels, you take what you can get. This time I wasn't disppointed.
And the great comedy starts right away as Nancy secretly tags along on Henry's trip to New York City for an important job interview. Not having made arrangements in advance, Nancy is not sitting with Henry, but that's about to change as they get on the nerves of everyone on the plane.
And then there is one unfortunate mishap after another. I'm enjoying all this until things get so bad for the couple that I'm not enjoying it any more. By this time, we have been introduced to the brilliant John Cleese, who has experience running a hotel and is about as kind of caring as Basil Fawlty. And if you don't know who that is, I'm referring to one of the great characters in all of comedy, who I discovered on PBS after hearing that John Larroquette couldn't live up to the standard he set. Like the cruel and conniving British character, this man shows the friendliest and most charming attitude to anyone who can benefit him and is unbelievably hateful to everyone else. Mersault doesn't quite match Cleese's most famous role but he comes close enough here. But then he does something that you just won't expect from such a proper English gentleman, and that's the key to an important plot detail.
As our heroes have to figure out some way to cope with their situation, we see that they too have the ability to scheme and bribe their way into getting whatever they want or need, and the results are hilarious. And they get on the nerves of Oliver Hudson, who I didn't recognize but who has been in so many TV series I enjoyed in recent years. I think I'm referring to the right man.
Henry and Nancy get into so many other comic situations, and I don't want to give anything away because it's so much better when you're not expecting it. But there is one scene where Henry accidentally ends up high on drugs, and Martin really shines in such circumstances. And then there is the scene where it appears the couple will break up. Kind of depressing, but I have at least some confidence they'll be all right.
And despite his reputation of recent years, Rudy Giuliani is the respected mayor of the great city, and the couple manage to create a scandal in his presence.
And does Henry get the job? Well, I won't say, but what happens when the time comes for the interview is as exciting, complicated and wildly humorous as everything that has gone before. With an amazing scene that may or may not get the desired result.
There are so many memorable characters. I was going to mention the man in charge of finding the couple's lost luggage, but he was just one of many. I probably shouldn't say memorable, because there were so many and I just don't remember them.
I've been needing a movie like this. When you depend on individual stations to show you free movies and only get the broadcast channels, you take what you can get. This time I wasn't disppointed.