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  • Starring: Goldie Hawn, Steve Martin
  • Summary: In this remake of Neil Simon's 1970 comedy, a couple visits New York City for a job interview and find themselves in a series of disastrous situations.
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 21
  2. Negative: 10 out of 21
  1. Strictly a middle-aged comedy, which consists of more easy lobs than sharp smacks, but manages to get the job done.
  2. Reviewed by: Joe Leydon
    60
    Lightweight but likable entertainment.
  3. Ragged as some of it might have been, that old "Out-of-Towners" had a unified and surprisingly dark comic vision to go with its nifty one-liners. This big, glossy picture is set in movie-movie land, that shiny, peachy place where a celebrity -- like Mayor Rudy -- waits around every corner. [2 April 1999, Friday, p.A]
  4. 38
    Jogs doggedly on the treadmill of comedy, working up a sweat but not getting much of anywhere.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 0 out of 1
  2. Negative: 0 out of 1
  1. A negative response would describe this film as a comedy that relies on tired, old jokes that only appeal to people without a sense of humour. I am struggling to find many positives (and trust me I want to give a balanced opinion) but it's a safe film that will appeal to a wide range of audiences and can certainly be considered a family film. Probably only worth your attention if you have low self esteem. 46/100 Expand