Product Details

• Actors: Warren Beatty, Diane Keaton, Nastassja Kinski, Goldie Hawn, Garry Shandling
• Directors: Peter Chelsom
• Writers: Buck Henry, Michael Laughlin
• Producers: Andrew S. Karsch, Cyrus Yavneh, Fred Roos, Lynn Harris, Michael De Luca
• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC
• Rated: R (Restricted)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: New Line Home Video
• VHS Release Date: October 23, 2001
• Run Time: 104 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 2.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (35 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00005NRQJ
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #361,921 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars RE: Waste of Time., September 22, 2002

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J. Miller (Worcester, MA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Town and Country (DVD)

Unfortunately Town & Country was a total waste of time and good talent. Everything about this movie was painfully bad, from the writing to the directing to the uninspired acting of a tremendously talented cast. The movie just never took off and lacked any spark of intelligence or energy. Do not waste your time or money.

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars All Star Cast Couldn't Save the Script, and Naturally, February 9, 2002

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Tsuyoshi (Kyoto, Japan) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Town & Country [VHS] (VHS Tape)

"Inconsistent" is the keyword of "Town and Country." I mean, the keyword of how to explain the failure of the film. Maybe I'm mistaken, but when I watched it in theater in Japan, the touch of photography slightly changes in the last 30 minutes. At first, the colors and the light of the film are soft, but near the ending they get suddenly sharper and things look more distinct. And maybe I'm mistaken again, but the opening credit has it "Joshua Hartnett" while in the ending credit "Josh Hartnett," the way he is usually known now.

What I want to say is, as you know, "Town and Country" has experienced several re-writes because of negative response from the viewers at the screen test. But to re-write or re-shoot a film is not unusual these days -- "Fatal Attration" is one good example -- but in this case, the bad reaction from the audience could have been predicted with ease. Check out the story. The hero, who suddenly turns a philanderer when his should be well mature, is played by none other than Warren Beatty (come on!); he has an affiar with a beautiful cellist (sexy Nastassja Kinski) and his friend's wife (ever gorgeous Goldie Hawn); and then, he goes on to have another one (apparently) with Andie MacDowell and Jenna Elfman. He regrets (why not?) and goes back to his wife Diane Keaton, and asks to be forgiven, and ... she forgives!! Okay, this is an ultimate fantasy for men, I understand, but no one, male or female, buys that idea. So, Buck Henry was called as script-doctor, but even his talent could do nothing. As a result, sometimes the film looks like a romance; sometimes a farce (and not a bad one when Gary Shandling is allowed to do his stuff): sometimes very serious and ... forget it. By now, you got my point. The film is always apologetic for what it is based on. Whoever gave this impossible script a green light?

At the climax ceremony scene, many co-stars hurriedly show up one by one -- Elfman, MacDowell, Kinski, and Heston -- but so hurriedly go away that this final showdown, which could be used as a good slapstick farce, vanishes without a trace. It is as if they got other commitments. Maybe they did. It looks as if they are running away, and if so, it's a wise decision.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Not Worth It, March 23, 2004

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shizly (Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Town and Country (DVD)

Do not waste your time. In spite of the cast, this movie is a whopping dud. Meandering and unfulfiling. A shame. I'd give it zero stars, but the system won't let me.