Andie MacDowell, Buck Henry, Charlton Heston

Released two years later than originally scheduled, Town & Country was plagued by the kind of negative buzz that few movies recover from. Like the infamous Ishtar, this Warren Beatty-led...( read more  read more... ) ensemble comedy is ungainly and erratic, but when it's funny it's quite funny, and the involvement of cowriter Buck Henry makes it a lot smarter than most of what passes for wit in postmillennial comedy. An updated sex farce fueled by modern-day foibles, the movie's also an apologetic valentine from notorious womanizers like Beatty, who, as wealthy Manhattan architect Porter Stoddard, is paying the price for his dalliance with a sexy cellist (Nastassja Kinski). While Porter's wife (Diane Keaton) fumes with suspicion, their best friends Mona (Goldie Hawn) and Griffin (Garry Shandling) wage their own marital warfare after Mona spies Griffin with a gorgeous redhead. Mona shouldn't believe what she sees, but she still has cause to worry.

Porter also has a fling with a ski-bunny psycho (Andie MacDowell) with an obsessively protective father (Charlton Heston), and a store clerk (Jenna Elfman) with a thing for Russian literature. It all leads to comedic acts of contrition, but too many gags are strained or flat; lacking knowledge of its troubled history, you'd still think Town & Country was a puzzle with missing pieces. And yet, these veteran stars somehow pull it together just enough to make it work, and with the stammering Shandling as a standout, the movie boasts a few noteworthy highlights. Heston's a riot (believe it or not), and although Town & Country doesn't fire on all pistons, it's got enough horsepower to suggest it could've been a contender. --Jeff Shannon

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R, 104 min.

Directed by: Boris Damast, Peter Chelsom

Release Date: September 1, 2000

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DVD Release Date: October 16, 2001

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  • September 27, 2009
    I thought this movie was fun. It's about two couples who through several years of marriage find themselves in crisis because the men are unfaithful to their wives. This movie wasn't great but it wasn't bad either. Fun to watch though.
  • July 15, 2009
    good but not my favorite ... i felt Diane keaton and goldie hawns charaters in this film were extremely similar in looks and in personality to the characters they played in the first wives club .... a bit disapointing with that but good
  • April 26, 2009
    Hahahahahaha
    rubbish
  • April 5, 2009
    boy was this a complete disater, it sat for years before it was realized and it cost tons of money, I was so looking to see this mess and I was not disappointed.
  • September 10, 2008
    lame waste of good talent
  • September 5, 2008
    biggest flop of all time. http://www.channel4.com/film/reviews/feature.jsp?id=122244&page=2
  • June 13, 2008
    Really funny movie about cheating couples...
  • March 18, 2008
    I didn't like this film.
  • January 28, 2008
    was ok, wouldn't watch twice

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