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Housesitter [DVD] [1992]

DVD ~ Steve Martin
4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 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, Michelle Wright
  • Format: PAL
  • Language German, English, French, Italian, Spanish
  • Subtitles: German, English, French, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Finnish, Danish, Portuguese, Czech, Polish, Hungarian, Bulgarian, Turkish
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: PG
  • Studio: Uca Catalogue
  • DVD Release Date: 14 April 2003
  • Run Time: 102 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B000094YU6
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 8,636 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)

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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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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Steve Martin makes this movie..., 13 Feb 2001
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This review is from: Housesitter [VHS] [1992] (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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5.0 out of 5 stars Fab!!, 8 May 2008
By R. Acton (Bewdley, Worcestershire, UK) - See all my reviews
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This film is simply fabulous!! I just love it and could watch it over and over again!! A MUST see!!
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2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars An all time favourite!!!!, 25 May 2006
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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)
The combination of the pair is fanastic and one that should go down in history. One of my all time favourite films, one that I can watch from beginning to end without having to forward bits. It makes me laugh every time and it is just such a wonderful film. Anyone who loves either actor will love this film.
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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... Read more
Published on 12 Jul 2006 by dan the fan

4.0 out of 5 stars Housesitter
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... Read more
Published on 22 Feb 2005 by Rich Milligan

5.0 out of 5 stars not to be missed
This is one of those rare movies that can be watched over and over without losing its appeal. Suitable for the whole family! Read more
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5.0 out of 5 stars "Oh what a tangle web we weave"
Gwen is a person with many sides and stories to match. Just as you have her figures out she is someone else (several someone else's. Read more
Published on 8 Nov 2002 by bernie

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