How is it this film is so much worse than Minnelli's 1950 original? It's based on the original Hackett-Goodrich screenplay, adapted by Nancy Myers and Shyer. It doesn't have Spencer Tracy, I grant you - Steve Martin is a poor substitute, And while it does have the hidden advantage of a Diane Keaton, she's not really given much to do.
For me, the scene where Martin snoops, loses the bank book and ends up in the swimming pool is where it really goes wrong - it's so far-fetched that it simply isn't funny. Then Martin Short's fake terrible accent ('Cak') adds to the unfunniness.
So I enjoyed it about as much as I did the first time I watched it - not very much.
The young couple are exceedingly colourless, but that's beside the point. With Kieran Culkin, BD Wong.
Photographed by John Lindley and edited by Richard Marks.
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