The Out-of-Towners . Tucson Weekly . 04-12-99

The Out-of-Towners

DIRECTED BY: Sam Weisman

REVIEWED: 04-12-99

In the half-full auditorium where I watched this dismal comedy, only one viewer really seemed to be enjoying herself. If you're undaunted by those odds, read on. Steve Martin and Goldie Hawn play the Clarks, a middle-aged couple from Ohio who travel to New York City for a job interview. They encounter one problem after another during the course of the wackiest 24 hours of their poorly sketched-out lives; they get mugged on the mean streets, unintentionally solicit an audience while having sex in Central Park (yuck, Steve, close your mouth!) and accidentally take hallucinogenic drugs. Both roles are thinly written, yet narrative interest relies upon spectators actually caring about what happens to them. Like I said, one was the lucky number at my screening. I myself had better things to think about, like how far the walk is to the bathroom at those darn monster-plexes.

--Higgins

Other Films by Sam Weisman
Bye Bye Love
George of the Jungle

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