![]() In need of a place to lay low from the cops, the woman has to hide him from her boyfriend, a detective played by Donald Sutherland. The story is very similar to Max Dugan Returns, another Simon comedy in which Marsha Mason plays a woman who's estranged father (Jason Robards) shows up at her doorstep one night with a suitcase full of "stolen" money. Nick keeps popping up at his ex-wife's house to get her to help him out, and in the meantime, she's trying to keep him hidden from her husband (Grodin), who's got an interest in aprehending Nick because he's up for the role of Attorney General. Seems Like Old Times is the story of a woman (Hawn) who's ex-husband, Nick,(Chase) is wrongly accused of robbing a bank. The situations are so utterly outrageous, that they're hilarious. Some great one-liners from Chevy Chase - he seems to be answering his own question half the time, and the jokes are for the benefit of the audience and Chevy himself. The chemistry between Chevy Chase and Goldie Hawn is amazing, and you can sense the conflict that the married Goldie Hawn feels as she tries to avoid falling back in love with Chevy Chase. Charles Grodin is the dour, serious husband who is trying to hold his position as Husband. It isn't any Shakespeare, but its all around fun for all ages, and has a clever screenplay. Yvonne Wilder steals the show as the house-keeper Aurora, who runs a tight ship amid all the confusion of the pack of dogs always running around She speaks her mind yelling things "under her breath". The hero, wrongly accused, even uses the same hiding places throughout the flick. Same plot of "love triangle", based on help from an old flame, up against an adversary running for public office, who is trying to avoid bad press. Seems to be a remake of Talk of the Town (black and white movie, 1942), which was more of a drama than a comedy.
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