I have heard about HOUSESITTER for years because it's aired at least once a year on two different TV channels where they air only movies all day and despite it's an overplayed movie I kinda avoided it. Last May I finally saw it and found it merely ok.
Newton Davis (Steve Martin) is a frustrated architect that hasn't success in his job nor his personal life. He built a perfect house for he and his college sweetheart Becky (Dana Delany) but after her refusal he felt bad. He then tells his story to a Hungarian barmaid and when he goes out of the bar he meets the woman again: her name is Gwen (Goldie Hawn), is an American and just faked to be Hungarian. After a night together Gwen manages to improve Newton's life by simply posing as his wife, and Newton will also restore the relationship with his parents. But then Gwen will notice that Newton fell in the trap, and he'll invent some stories like she did with him and they finally end together.
While I am not a fan of Steve Martin I found him mildly funny in the few movies I saw of his. Here he was ok, his usual self: same goes for Goldie Hawn as the con artist that kinda changes Newton's life for good. As for the rest, I thought that the pace in some points was slow and there weren't that many funny moments as I expected.
In substance, if you hear that it's aired on TV and you don't have anything better to watch give it a try and if you are in the right mood you'll get a kick out of it.
Newton Davis (Steve Martin) is a frustrated architect that hasn't success in his job nor his personal life. He built a perfect house for he and his college sweetheart Becky (Dana Delany) but after her refusal he felt bad. He then tells his story to a Hungarian barmaid and when he goes out of the bar he meets the woman again: her name is Gwen (Goldie Hawn), is an American and just faked to be Hungarian. After a night together Gwen manages to improve Newton's life by simply posing as his wife, and Newton will also restore the relationship with his parents. But then Gwen will notice that Newton fell in the trap, and he'll invent some stories like she did with him and they finally end together.
While I am not a fan of Steve Martin I found him mildly funny in the few movies I saw of his. Here he was ok, his usual self: same goes for Goldie Hawn as the con artist that kinda changes Newton's life for good. As for the rest, I thought that the pace in some points was slow and there weren't that many funny moments as I expected.
In substance, if you hear that it's aired on TV and you don't have anything better to watch give it a try and if you are in the right mood you'll get a kick out of it.