deaustin2000
Picked this thing up at the library, a CD, free, no rental fees (thank God). I'd just "watched" another movie on one computer while working on another, the movie even if intended as background noise catching my attention, my work finally lain aside as I realized the movie was absolutely delightful. I then slipped Town and Country into the CD drive of my background noise computer, got back to work for a few minutes, wasn't quite certain why the sensation crawling up and down my skin was something like finger nails drawn across a chalk board, finally realized that Town and County in my background noise computer was screeching and prickling to extremes I couldn't previously have imagined possible.
ldavis-2
Saw this twice yesterday on IFC. Who knew a $90 million budget qualified as an independent? The roads and schools and hospitals and fresh water systems $90 million could have built in some third-world country, these bozos decided that $90 million would be better spent on this stinker!The characters are selfish or self-absorbed or sex-crazed or just plain nuts! And like the rotten cherry on top, Charlton Heston is a gun-toting wacko who has a less-than healthy relationship with his "Buttons".For a film supposedly about the consequences of infidelity, it wimps out. Alex cheerfully tells Porter she's preggers, then cheerfully reveals he isn't the daddy. Such jaw-dropping stupidity makes you question your faith in humanity.No doubt, Warren Beatty snared ex-paramours Diane Keaton and Goldie Hawn so his massive ego could justify hooking up with women young enough to be his grand-daughters, then hired Peter Chelsom because Alan Smithee was unavailable. With "friends" like Shirley's baby bro, you don't need any enemies!
preppy-3
Incredibly bad comedy. Happily married couple Porter (Warren Beatty) and Ellie (Diane Keaton) are shocked to find out that a friend of theirs called Griffin (Garry Shandling!) is cheating on his wife (Goldie Hawn). This gets Porter to start thinking about cheating on HIS wife with a beautiful musician (Nastassia Kinski).Abysmal. This movie took three YEARS to make before it was even released. It was plagued by infighting, re shoots, rewrites and clashing star egos. Beatty has gotten most of the blame for trying to control everything. All of this fighting shows up on the screen unfortunately. The script lurches all over the place veering wildly from scene to scene. Sometimes it tries to play like a sophisticated comedy--other times it plays slapstick so broad that the Three Stooges would be embarrassed (was putting Beatty in a polar bear costume supposed to be funny?). None of the jokes are funny--not one! I didn't even smile once let alone laugh. Also we have some talented actors like Jenna Elfman and Andie MacDowell doing some of the worst comedic bits I've ever seen. I'm still waiting to find out how MacDowell and her dolls were supposed to be funny. Then we have Josh Harnett (billed here as "Joshua") giving another bad performance and Charlton Heston completely humiliating himself.This gets a 2 because most of the cast really tries. Shandling is bad but Keaton and Hawn are just great and Beatty is somewhat amusing (seeing him doing comedy is--interesting). Also Kinski is just great in her small role. For them I give this a 2 but this seriously can be safely skipped. ALMOST worth seeing to see how bad a comedy can truly be.
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.
