Town & Country

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Town & Country

R

Released Apr 27, 2001

1h 44m

Comedy

Romance

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Porter Stoddard (Warren Beatty) is a well-known New York architect who is at a crossroads; a nexus where twists and turns lead to a myriad of missteps -- some with his wife Ellie (Diane Keaton), others with longtime friends Mona (Goldie Hawn) and her husband Griffin (Garry Shandling). Deciding which direction to take often leads to unexpected encounters with hilarious consequences in this comedy about life, love, friendship and the sometimes blistering nature of marital bliss.

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Critics Consensus

Afflicted with extensive re-editing and re-writing, this sex comedy feels confusingly choppy. Also, the main characters are so wealthy and privileged that it's difficult to feel sympathy for their problems.

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Nell Minow

Common Sense Media

Enjoyable but ultimately mystifying.

Rated: 2/5

Dec 29, 2010

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Sara Michelle Fetters

MovieFreak.com

Despite what you may have heard, the long delayed (and reported $90 million) Town & Country is not the train wreck it has been made out to be.

Rated: 2/4

Jun 19, 2003

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Globe and Mail

Rated: 2/4

Apr 25, 2003

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Felicia Feaster

Creative Loafing

A film of low expectations, Town & Country feels like the kind of calculated, lifeless product written by jaded Hollywood hacks in response to what they think middle-America might want.

Feb 3, 2020

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Joel Siegel

Good Morning America

I felt sorry for Mr. Heston.

Rated: D

Jan 5, 2018

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David Keyes

Cinemaphile.org

Here is such a colossally bad film that there is little wonder in how it failed so catastrophically in the public eye.

Rated: 0.5/4

May 2, 2016

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bob c

Not quite girly junk, but near enough.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

02/02/25

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Kyle M

An actual picture for just the wealth seeing their reflections in satirical authentic portrayal, while other perceptions can confirm how pettily pessimistic and frivolously aimless, as well as blandly intolerable, this disastrously-produced "comedy" turned out to be into nothingness. (C-)

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

03/05/24

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TX1Wolf

This movie seemed to have a decent premise and seemed to be building up to something, but just went nowhere. It was confused and rambling and very anticliamtic. Basically, it was hugely disappointing.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

06/04/23

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Audience Member

I won’t be super super harsh ….. but it wasn’t good 1.9

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

04/19/23

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steve d

No one is likable and no jokes land, besides that it is great.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

03/30/23

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jordan m

I wanted to like this movie because of its bad reception and because I generally like Warren Beatty, but man, the actual screenplay made it hard to do so. None of the characters were even slightly sympathetic, the main character that we're meant to feel sorry for continuously cheated on his wife and very little of the comedy induced any actual laughs. It was cool to see Beatty & Goldie as old people prior to their respective retirements, and Keaton did very well in her role, and I would mention that Charlton getting the Razzie win seems cruel since his part was so minor, but the movie they all actually appeared in was far beneath each of them. That said, the driving force behind the movie was just a fantastic film score/soundtrack, as even before much character exposition had been had there was a mischievous feel to the music that just matched the plot perfectly, and really it only got better from there. Truly fantastic.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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Synopsis

Porter Stoddard (Warren Beatty) is a well-known New York architect who is at a crossroads; a nexus where twists and turns lead to a myriad of missteps -- some with his wife Ellie (Diane Keaton), others with longtime friends Mona (Goldie Hawn) and her husband Griffin (Garry Shandling). Deciding which direction to take often leads to unexpected encounters with hilarious consequences in this comedy about life, love, friendship and the sometimes blistering nature of marital bliss.

Director: Peter Chelsom
Producer: Andrew S. Karsch, Fred Roos, Simon Fields
Screenwriter: Buck Henry, Michael Laughlin
Distributor: New Line Cinema
Production Co: Sidney Kimmel Entertainment, New Line Cinema, Longfellow Pictures, Simon Fields Productions, FR Production
Rating: R (Sexuality|Language)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Apr 27, 2001, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Apr 1, 2012
Box Office (Gross USA): $6.7M
Runtime: 1h 44m
Sound Mix: Dolby Stereo, Dolby A, SDDS, DTS, Surround, Dolby Digital, Dolby SR
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)

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