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User Rating:
5.7/10   6,748 votes
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Director:
Writers (WGA):
Mark Stein (story) and
Brian Grazer (story) ...
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Release Date:
12 June 1992 (USA) more
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Tagline:
She's turning his house into a home...hers! more
Plot:
Con artist Gwen moves into Newton's empty house without his knowledge, and begins setting up house posing as his new wife. full summary | add synopsis
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(2 articles)
Steve Martin's New Romance Uncovered
 (From WENN. 27 February 2003)

Goldie Hawn's Happiness Mission
 (From WENN. 13 June 2000)

User Comments:
Campy Fun with Steve & Goldie more (33 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Steve Martin ... Newton Davis

Goldie Hawn ... Gwen Phillips

Dana Delany ... Becky Metcalf

Julie Harris ... Edna Davis
Donald Moffat ... George Davis

Peter MacNicol ... Marty
Richard B. Shull ... Ralph
Laurel Cronin ... Mary
Roy Cooper ... Winston Moseby
Christopher Durang ... Reverend Lipton

Heywood Hale Broun ... Travis Keller
Cherry Jones ... Patty
Vasek Simek ... Karol

Suzanne Whang ... Moseby's Secretary
Mary Klug ... Lorraine
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MPAA:
Rated PG for mild sensuality and language.
Runtime:
102 min
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Fun Stuff

Trivia:
When Newton first enters his house and finds Gwen there, she is singing "The Name Game". She uses the names Ollie and Kate, both names of her children in real life. more
Goofs:
Continuity: When the mom gives Gwen the card with the money, Gwen closes the card twice between shots. more
Quotes:
Marty: What are you, insane? Why didn't you just kick him in the balls and tell him he has ugly children? more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in Your Studio and You (1995) more

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Campy Fun with Steve & Goldie, 18 September 1999
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Author: Petunia-2 from Maryland

Once, I read a review that said this movie would have been more believable with younger actors. I disagree. The premise seemed MORE believable with older actors because they would be more desperate for find true love.

Steve Martin builds a house for Dana Dulaney, who he has been obsessed with since grade school. Thinking him crazy and unstable, she flatly says no to his marriage proposal in front of this one-of-a-kind house.

Martin meets Hawn, a pathological liar, in a restaurant where Hawn, a waitress, is pretending to be Bulgarian, complete with accent, to add "ambiance" and great tips, she adds. Martin asks to use her phone in her apartment above the restaurant and a one-night-stand ensues...or so Martin thinks.

He leaves a napkin behind with a sketch of the house. You literally see the light bulb go off in Hawn's head and she grabs a Greyhound to Martin's little town where is mistaken as Martin's fiancee...she thinks why not? and continues to lie.

The resulting chaos is campy and fun. It is a mindless romp with two great comedians at the helm.

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