Rich witch Joanna Stayton (Goldie Hawn) treats carpenter Dean Proffitt (Kurt Russell) like dirt when he does a job for her on her yacht. Soon after she is accidentally knocked overboard and promptly gets amnesia. Proffitt decides to take revenge--he tells her she is his wife (who has been dead for 3 years) and takes her home to be his slave and bring up his four obnoxious little boys.
I like Hawn and Russell a lot but this movie isn't good enough for them. For starters the story is WAY beyond belief and (even though Hawn's character IS evil) I didn't find what Russell was doing to her very funny. In fact I thought it was pretty sick. Also the things he did to convince her that they were married strain credibility. We're supposed to believe all his friends go along with it too. Also you know how this story is going to end and this is far too long (almost 2 hours) for a comedy with this premise.
Story weaknesses aside this just isn't very funny. I think I smiled once or twice. I also found the kids unbearable.
The acting was OK (nice to see Roddy McDowell again) and Russell and Hawn were very good (that's why I'm giving this a 6) but overall I was bored. There were clashes between the director Gerry Mashall and the studio heads--they wanted an adult comedy--he wanted a family friendly one. That could explain why the comedy wavers uncomfortably between a PG and an R rating (it's got a PG one). So--I really can't recommend it.
I like Hawn and Russell a lot but this movie isn't good enough for them. For starters the story is WAY beyond belief and (even though Hawn's character IS evil) I didn't find what Russell was doing to her very funny. In fact I thought it was pretty sick. Also the things he did to convince her that they were married strain credibility. We're supposed to believe all his friends go along with it too. Also you know how this story is going to end and this is far too long (almost 2 hours) for a comedy with this premise.
Story weaknesses aside this just isn't very funny. I think I smiled once or twice. I also found the kids unbearable.
The acting was OK (nice to see Roddy McDowell again) and Russell and Hawn were very good (that's why I'm giving this a 6) but overall I was bored. There were clashes between the director Gerry Mashall and the studio heads--they wanted an adult comedy--he wanted a family friendly one. That could explain why the comedy wavers uncomfortably between a PG and an R rating (it's got a PG one). So--I really can't recommend it.