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- 1980
- PG
- Columbia Pictures
- 1 h 42 m
- 1980
- PG
- Columbia Pictures
- 1 h 42 m
Summary Wrongfully accused of a bank robbery, a writer seeks the help of his ex-wife, who is now married to the soon-to-be D.A. of California.
Directed By: Jay Sandrich
Written By: Neil Simon
- 1980
- PG
- Columbia Pictures
- 1 h 42 m
- 1980
- PG
- Columbia Pictures
- 1 h 42 m
Seems Like Old Times
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5.2
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Summary Wrongfully accused of a bank robbery, a writer seeks the help of his ex-wife, who is now married to the soon-to-be D.A. of California.
Directed By: Jay Sandrich
Written By: Neil Simon
Where to Watch
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 9 Critic Reviews
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33% Positive
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 9 Critic Reviews
58
33% Positive
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
67% Mixed
6 Reviews
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0% Negative
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Seems Like Old Times is some of the best work that all of these people ever did on film.
The material here is slick and entertaining, and Mr. Sandrich settles for comic simplicity without reaching for anything more. He coaxes the film along at a cheerfully breakneck rhythm. Zany, zany but nice.
This is a smart and funny movie much of the time, but it's not that smart and funny, and it doesn't seem like old times. [05 Jan 1981, p.54]
A thin plot heavily laden with many of Neil Simon's best one-liners makes this a pleasant way to spend 102 minutes. Chase contributes a somewhat frantic turn, and Hawn does her cute thing. Some nice work from the secondary players--including Harold Gould, Robert Guillaume, and Yvonne Wilder--adds to the fun.
In this madcap comic farce, the homage to '30s screwball is explicit in the title, unflagging pace, and plot: a liberal lawyer (Hawn), married to an uptight DA (Grodin), gets messed up by a rogue ex-husband (Chase), their ex-convict servants, and her six dogs. A little of Adam's Rib or The Philadelphia Story creeps in as you drift into wondering how Cary Grant or Katharine Hepburn would have mastered the roles of slightly cracked, snobbish professionals.
Seems Like Old Times is another one of those near-misses that leaves a movie critic in a quandary. It's a funny movie, and it made me laugh out loud a lot, but in the final analysis it just didn't quite edge over the mystical line into success.
A routine Neil Simon comedy with Goldie Hawn ,Chevy Chase, and Charles Grodin mixed up in a story about an innocent bank robber and a power-hungry district attorney. Hawn has been married to both. Not very funny, but the dogs are cute. [19 Dec 1980, p.10]
User Score
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Based on 15 User Ratings
5.2
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User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 15 User Ratings
5.2
47% Positive
7 Ratings
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13% Mixed
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40% Negative
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Production Company
Rastar Films
Release Date Dec 19, 1980
Duration 1 h 42 m
Rating PG
Tagline alone - at last . . . [UK]
Awards
Razzie Awards
• 1 Nomination
