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Housesitter [DVD]

Steve Martin (Actor), Goldie Hawn (Actor), Frank Oz (Director) | Rated: Parental Guidance | Format: DVD
4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
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  • Actors: Steve Martin, Goldie Hawn, Dana Delany, Julie Harris, Donald Moffat
  • Directors: Frank Oz
  • Writers: Brian Grazer, Mark Stein
  • Producers: Bernard Williams, Brian Grazer, Karen Kehela Sherwood, Michelle Wright
  • Format: PAL
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9 - 1.85:1
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: PG
  • Studio: Sony Pictures Home Ent.
  • DVD Release Date: 25 Jun 2001
  • Run Time: 97 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B00005953M
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 140,311 in Film & TV (See Top 100 in Film & TV)

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A slick, smart vehicle for Steve Martin and Goldie Hawn, Housesitter offers an acceptably daffy premise and enough inventive business to sustain it through to the, not unexpected, happy ending. Architect Martin builds a dream home for his childhood sweetheart (Dana Delaney) only to be rejected when he proposes marriage. After a one-night stand, Hawn--a daffy waitress with a gift for making up improbable but convincing lies--moves into Martin's house and tells his parents (Donald Moffatt, Julie Harris) and the whole community that she is his surprise new wife. When he sees how this impresses Delaney, Martin goes along with the charade, encouraging wilder and wilder fictions and doing his best to join in so that he can rush through to a divorce and move on to the woman he has always wanted. Hawn has to recruit a couple of winos to pose as her parents and impress Martin's boss into giving him a promotion, but we glimpse her real misery at his eventual intention to toss her out of the make-believe world she has created because her own real background is so grim.

Its sit-com hi-jinx are manic enough not to be strangled by an inevitable dip in to sentiment towards the end, and Hawn, who always has to work hard, is better matched against the apparently effortless Martin than in their subsequent pairing in Out-of-Towners. Martin, often wasted in comparatively straight roles, has a few wild and crazy scenes as Hawn prompts him into joining her improvised fantasies. Director Frank Oz, a frequent Martin collaborator (Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Little Shop of Horrors, Bowfinger), is the model of a proper, competent, professional craftsman when he sets out to put a comedy together--but the film misses streaks of lunacy or cruelty that might have made it funnier and more affecting.

On the DVD: The disc offers a pristine widescreen non-anamorphic transfer, letterboxed to 1.85:1. There are no extra features to speak of, just text-based production notes, cast and director bios, plus a trailer and an assortment of language and subtitle options. --Kim Newman

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DVD Special Features:

Production Notes
Theatrical Trailer
Filographies include Steve Martin, Goldie Hawn, Dana Delaney, Julie Harris, Donald Moffat, Peter MacNicol, Director Frank Oz.
Dolby Digital Surround
Languages: English, French, German, Italian, Spanish
Subtitles: English, French, German, Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Hungarian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Swedish, Turkish

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Fab!! 8 May 2008
By R. Acton
Format:DVD
This film is simply fabulous!! I just love it and could watch it over and over again!! A MUST see!!
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4.0 out of 5 stars Housesitter 21 Feb 2005
By Rich Milligan
Format:DVD
I'd forgotten just how good this film is, not one of Steve Martin or Goldie Hawn's more well known movies, it's a lovely gentle, but still extremely funny light romantic comedy.

Both Hawn and Martin excel in their roles and they work really well together. Hawn's kooky and loveable small con-artist is perfect against Martin's straight laced conservative architect and the strange double life they have to lead, due to their constant lies, makes for an entertaining story. They are ably supported by a great cast of character actors and the character combinations make for some great scenes.

Not a side-splitting laugh-fest by any means, but the comedy is subtle, light and still just as enjoyable.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Steve Martin makes this movie... 13 Feb 2001
By A Customer
Format:VHS Tape
If you're a Steve Martin fan, then you'll be a Housesitter fan. It's nowhere near as edgy as his early screen offerings, but it is funny in its own way and his chemistry with co-star Goldie Hawn is an added attraction. Steve's character, Newton, builds his dream house and unveils it to his long-term girlfriend as he proposes, but she turns him down. Newton meets Gwen, they spend the night together and he steals away in the morning. Armed with a doodle of the house, scribbled by Newton on a napkin, free spirited Gwen decides that it will do her nicely. She locates the property and moves in, announcing to all - including Newton's parents - that she is the new Mrs Newton Davies. Does love blossom between Newton and Gwen, or will the ex-girlfriend get her foot back in the door? If you're looking for a few laughs, Housesitter will provide.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Like
So cheery another movie that is just right for curling up in front of a coal fire on a cold, rainy, windy day.
Published 10 days ago by Njugal
5.0 out of 5 stars LOVE IT!!
Found this film to be really gentle and funny..Steve Martin and Goldie Hawn are great in this film..Would recommend it for a rainy afternoon
Published 1 month ago by Ms Sarah j Davis
5.0 out of 5 stars Great film
Goldie Hawn and Steve Martin are so funny together, a really entertaining film. Arrived quickly and well packaged. Very pleased.
Published 1 month ago by Juliette Staker
5.0 out of 5 stars a classic - my favourite Steve Martin film ever !
So funny, this is Steve Martin at his best. It's a great story and the two leads excel. I have recommended to my teenagers as a comedy classic. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Mc Pits
5.0 out of 5 stars So funny
To quote another reviewer, I'd forgotten how good this film is! Steve Martin's films can be a bit hit or miss, but this is great. Read more
Published 4 months ago by Hand over the toffees
5.0 out of 5 stars house sitter
girlie movie
if you like steve martin and goldie hawn you will love this funny dvd
both actors play their roles really well enjoyable fom start to finish
Published 13 months ago by L. Grantham
5.0 out of 5 stars cool movie, but
Good movie,Steve Martin is awesome! I still have not receive a movie I ordered the same time. Still waiting to this day.
Published 16 months ago by NC1FAN
3.0 out of 5 stars Rom com accessible to males...
In need of some light hearted comedy, I looked at my to watch pile and decided to opt for Housesitter starring Steve Martin and Goldie Hawn. Read more
Published 17 months ago by BPR
5.0 out of 5 stars lying can be good !!
This is a film I love because a bad thing - lying - is depicted in such a humorous and positive way:Goldie Hawn lies her pants off at every opportunity and Steve Martin can't stand... Read more
Published on 12 July 2006 by dan the fan
5.0 out of 5 stars An all time favourite!!!!
Both actors Martin and Hawn are actors in their own right and can carry a comedy such as Roxanne and Father of the Bride(Martin) and Overboard and Bird on a wire(Hawn)... Read more
Published on 25 May 2006 by D. Little
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