Sunday 14 February 2016

Housesitter (1992 Frank Oz)

Diverting fluffery. In response to sneaking off in the middle of the night after sleeping with her, Goldie Hawn takes over Steve Martin's house which he's left as a shrine to ex Dana Delany. Goldie it turns out is a professional fantasist and soon has his parents, boss and girlfriend eating out of her palm.

It was his plea for her not to wear tight sweaters ('especially not that one!') that I remembered. Never the subtlest of actors, Martin can still make us laugh when he's performing his silly song; Goldie also engaging.

With Donald Moffat. Mark Stein and Brian Grazer wrote it.

John Alonzo shot it and John Jympson edited. Dedicated to Frank's mum Frances Oznowicz who also was a puppeteer.

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