He's hiding under the bed, Charles Grodin steps on his finger, and with his other hand he pantomimes his agony. The scene develops into wonderful physical comedy.Īnother great scene stars only Chevy Chase's hand. The butler gets drunk while Chevy Chase is hiding in the kitchen, so, while the statewide search for him continues, he puts on the butler's tuxedo and serves dinner. The movie's single best scene is probably a formal dinner party that Grodin and Hawn throw for the governor ( George Grizzard). And she's a defense attorney her clients turn up at all the wrong times, steal cars, stumble across Chevy, and otherwise complicate everything. Goldie has a house full of stray dogs and cats, which roar through the room during every crisis. Meanwhile, a whole supporting cast, both animal and human, gets involved. We now have almost all the basic ingredients for bedroom farce: Chase hides under the bed while Grodin gets amorous and Hawn desperately tries to think of excuses. It causes even more complications when Chevy Chase, on the lam, throws himself on the mercy of Goldie Hawn and she tries to hide him in the spare room over the garage. That causes political complications, because his first wife (Goldie Hawn) is now married to the district attorney (Charles Grodin), and the state governor is considering Grodin for Attorney General. A statewide alarm goes out he's wanted for bank robbery. Grodins excellent deadpan delivery rounded out the film beautifully. He does and on the way out of the bank he inadvertently poses for a perfect snapshot taken by the spy camera over the door. Cast & Crew: (4/5) Nice chemistry between Goldie Hawn, Chevy Chase, and Charles Grodin. The movie opens with Chevy Chase, a divorced writer, being abducted by a pair of bank robbers who want him to hold the gun and present the note to the teller. And there are a couple of really funny, sustained sequences. It would be hard to improve on the casting ( Goldie Hawn, Chevy Chase and Charles Grodin). The movie is Neil Simon's attempt at one of those 1940s-style screwball comedies with lots of surprise entrances and hasty exits and people hiding under the bed. And yet I found myself wanting to like "Seems Like Old Times," and wishing it were better, because the good parts were good enough to hold out the promise for more.
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