jjnxn-1
Just a terrible mess of a movie that has only the most tenacious plot line running through it. Stories are picked up and dropped willy nilly adding up to pretty much nothing. This notorious flop reportedly cost many, many millions of dollars but they certainly don't show on screen. Diane Keaton and Goldie Hawn try to do something with their parts although they are ill served by the script. Everybody else goes down with the ship, poor Charlton Heston and Marian Seldes are made ridiculous in yet another totally needless subplot. A perfect example of a director and studio lucky enough to gather a great group of talent and then squander them totally.
pauladan
There was nothing funny about this movie, and it could have been funny. It showed no real comic respect for marriage, for women, or for the children of the skirt chaser. It was vulgar. I disliked nearly all of the main characters, not a good sign. Warren Beatty as super attractive to all these younger women--out of the question--simply not realistic at his age. So the plot rationale was poor. One younger woman, maybe, several, no. Worst scene--him together with Goldie Hawn. Trashy, embarrassing, vulgar. I wanted it to be much better than it was, because of all the major stars in it. Jenna Elfman was probably the funniest thing about this movie. Charlton Heston was a disaster, a sad parody of himself. Gary Shandling had a few good lines. But mostly all the talents were wasted. Diane Keaton and Jack Nicholson did this type of plot much better in Something's Gotta Give. That movie was funny and tongue in cheek--it worked.
Lee Eisenberg
It seems that the people behind this drudge of movie took all their cues from Woody Allen's movies during the 1990s. What I mean is, "Town & Country" is about a bunch of rich New Yorkers cheating on each other. I'm sure that everyone involved in it must be embarrassed beyond redemption for having gotten involved in it (and I don't just mean because of its abysmal performance at the box office). The only good character is Charlton Heston, basically spoofing himself. And how could a great screenwriter like Buck Henry have written this? He should have known MUCH better, given that he wrote "The Graduate".All in all, terrible. Fortunately, the cast members have all done good work since. At least I think that they all have.
Dominique2
Anybody who bothers to look up other comments by me will see that I'm probably Warren Beatty's biggest fan. Besides that, I'm always willing to give anybody or anything a fair chance before passing judgment. So, when I read the horrible reviews, both by professional and non-professional critics, I figured I had to find out for myself if "Town and Country" was really that bad. Well, the verdict is out: it is really THAT bad! I haven't seen all of Warren's movies recently/yet, but if this isn't the biggest stinker of his career, I would be surprised. And to imagine it was shot in the very same year as the brilliant and inspired "Bulworth" is mind-boggling. "Town and Country" is a total, unfunny and uninspired, unco-ordinated chaotic mess. And it starts out quite alright. If the script had just stuck to the family situation, the clash between the generations, even when both generations are messing around with (sexual) relationships, it could have been a lot better. But now? The script ends up going nowhere (literally, when they end up in Sun Valley). Just what the heck is the movie trying to be about? Is it trying to say that EVERY man, even the most loyal one, will eventually feel the genetic need to cheat on his wife? Is it trying to say that even filthy rich and successful people have mundane problems? Is it trying to say that lessons are only learned when one risks losing everything? WHAT? The movie's problem isn't even its older cast as some reviewers seem to think. Older, wrinkly people exist, and yes, they even have sex, so get over it! The movie's problem is that it is totally incoherent and consists of a bunch of strung together scenes that seem for the most part to have been largely ad-libbed, as far as scripting goes. Most of the cast are real life friends (Goldie, Diane, Gary, Warren and Buck Henry). I think they should have just made a home movie and spared us this waste of time and talent. Dear God, please let Warren come up with another great thing like "Bulworth" to end his career with a big bang, instead of letting it whither to a halt with this monstrosity.
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