An average movie

To be honest, I’m not a huge fan of Steve Martin. Indeed, basically, I keep trying with this actor but most of his movies are just so average and there are only a few exceptions. This time, 7 years after ‘Housesitter’, he was working again with Goldie Hawn and, I have to admit it, I thought it was not bad at all and I would go as far as saying that it is actually one of his best movies. So, with this in mind, they was a possibility that this comedy could be fairly entertaining. Well, it wasn’t, I’m afraid. Indeed, the whole thing was just very predictable, very average and not really funny. Even the always dependable John Cleese couldn't save this from being a bore to watch. Apparently, it was a remake of comedy from the 70’s starring Jack Lemmon and since this original version was hardly a classic, you might wonder if a modern remake was really necessary. To conclude, I have seen worse (for example, ‘Bringing Down the House’ also starring Steve Martin is pretty abysmal, but it was still a rather weak comedy and I don’t think it is really worth a look, expect maybe if you are a die-hard fan of Steve Martin or Goldie Hawn.

5/10