Inadvands Boring, over-political, tech fuzed mess

Limerculer A waste of 90 minutes of my life

ChicDragon It's a mild crowd pleaser for people who are exhausted by blockbusters.

Claire Dunne One of the worst ways to make a cult movie is to set out to make a cult movie.

Prismark10 With director Frank Oz re-teaming with Steve Martin, this should had been funnier but at best is watchable and dull. Worse we rarely see Martin doing anything funny.Martin plays Newton Davis, an architect who has built his own dream house which he hoped to share with childhood sweetheart Becky (Dana Delany.) Unfortunately Becky has turned down his proposal for marriage leaving Newton to mope about.After sharing his troubles after a party in New York to a Hungarian waitress called Gwen (Goldie Hawn) that leads to a one night stand. Newton finds that Gwen has crashed into his life, entered his small hometown, into his dream house spinning a tissue of lies including telling people that they are married which Newton goes along with hoping he can win back Becky.The plot is rather preposterous and far fetched. It is hard to take Newton's friends and family being taken in by his and Gwen's sudden relationship.What is more Steve Martin is rather too old to be playing a single man presumably in his 40s trying to woo his childhood sweetheart to marry him. You mean after all these years he and Becky never even lived together?

mattkratz This is the opposite of The Invention of Lying, and has a scene that will remind you of What About Bob. (if you've seen that) Steve Martin plays an architect who builds a dreamhouse with the intention of moving into it after he proposes to his girlfriend-unfortunately, she says no. He then has a chance encounter with a waitress (Goldie Hawn), who overhears his story, and decides to check out the vacant house, and turns it into HER dreamhouse. The thing is, she's brilliant at spinning stories and lies off the top of her head, and is totally charming while doing so, and convinces everyone in town, including Martin's parents, that they're married;however, Martin has no clue till he comes over to try and sell the house. Upon discovering her there and what's happening, he has no choice but to play along and try his hand at spur-of-the-moment lying himself.Hawn and Martin work well in the leads, everyone else works well together, and the movie is pretty funny from start to finish. Hawn is perfect in her part. If you like comedies, you will like this one. You can probably guess the outcome midway thru due to formula, but you will have lots of fun along the way.** 1/2 out of ****

schuster_mark It's truly refreshing to see an intelligent movie with so much crap coming out of Hollywood these days. The fact that this was released in 1992 does not say much about what Hollywood has produced since.I've always loved Steve Martin. I think he's one of the most underrated actors in the past 30yrs. Sure he's not been in a million pictures, but the old adage sticks; quality, not quantity. Goldie Hawn is one of the most honest and lovely actresses to grace the silver screen. This movie would pale in comparison if these two actors were not involved. They deliver the goods in more ways than one.Beyond Martin and Hawn, this picture is special for it's writing. Mark Stein should be patted on the back and then some. Wow, is all I have to say. You can tell how much thought was put into every scene by the "believable" detail that's generously provided throughout the entire movie. The intricate interplay and "make believe" between Martin and Hawn is nothing short of genius.Feel good movie? Check. Intelligent, funny? Check. Worth a watch? Absolutely!

moonspinner55 An architect has a fling with a sexy waitress who turns out to be a con-artist; she insinuates herself into his life and home and passes herself off as his wife to visitors. Relatively painless, genial comedy from director Frank Oz is sort of the comedic flip-side to "Fatal Attraction"--though the way Goldie Hawn plays the con-woman, she's more of a kooky flake than a comedy threat. Still, Steve Martin puts up with her for the sake of the plot, which is just an idea stretched to feature length. The more sobering moments of the third act seem to come out of nowhere; while a little dramatic subtext is surely substantial, I'm not quite certain how seriously Oz and his actors are actually taking it--or, for that matter, how seriously they want audiences to respond. ** from ****