Con artist Gwen moves in to Newton's empty home without his knowledge and begins setting up house, posing as his new wife.
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| Steve Martin | ... | Davis | |
| Goldie Hawn | ... | Gwen | |
| Dana Delany | ... | Becky | |
| Julie Harris | ... | Edna Davis | |
| Donald Moffat | ... | George Davis | |
| Peter MacNicol | ... | Marty | |
| Richard B. Shull | ... | Ralph | |
| Laurel Cronin | ... | Mary | |
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Roy Cooper | ... | Moseby |
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Christopher Durang | ... | Reverend Lipton |
| Heywood Hale Broun | ... | Travis | |
| Cherry Jones | ... | Patty | |
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Vasek Simek | ... | Karol |
| Suzanne Whang | ... | Moseby's Secretary | |
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Mary Klug | ... | Lorraine |
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Davis builds his dream house and presents it to Becky with a proposal of marriage. She turns him down. He leaves the house, still with a ribbon running around it and returns to the city, terribly smitten with Becky. He meets Gwen who has an interesting relationship with the truth. He spends the night with her, but leaves while she is sleeping. She takes his description of the house, searches it out, and moves in. The residents of Davis' home town become curious and she invents a marriage, a courtship, and and an entire history. Davis' parents meet Gwen and are immediately taken with her. By the time Davis finds out what has happened, 2 things have happened, the whole town thinks he's married, and Becky tells him that Gwen has made her see him in a whole new light. Gwen and Davis agree that she can pretend to be his wife and get free rent while Davis works on Becky until they can announce a divorce. The trouble is that no one in the town wants them to separate and keep trying to help ... Written by John Vogel <jlvogel@comcast.net>
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Newton Davis: Don't you remember the time I... I... I had myself delivered to you in a box for your birthday? And... and the guy I paid to deliver the box screwed up and delivered me to the wrong apartment? And... and how the... the lady who opened the box... uh... freaked out and started screaming? And I ran out of there just as you poked your head into the hall. And... and the next thing I know, this one's bashing me for having an affair with her neighbor, and this one's bashing me for being some kind of ...[...]
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If you like Steven Martin and/or Goldie Hawn, then this film is a "must see"! Both their characters are very typical them, and together they are dynamite.
I started laughing early in the film, and kept on laughing to the very end! The ending was a bit surprising, but good!
Peter MacNicol's character was a bit too similar to "John Cage" in the TV series "Ally McBeal". Of course without Biscuit's "special features". But since he has only a small part in this film, it doesen't spoil it.
My only question was: How could he afford it???