Rating: PG
Genre:
Comedy Drama
Release Date: 01/20/2004
SubTitles: English/French/Espanol
Dubbed: English/French
Sound: DD1
Run Time: 109 Minutes
Flags: Brief Nudity, Adult Situations, Suitable for Children, Adult Language, Profanity
Distributor/Studio: Warner Home Video
We'd rather not speculate over how much of
Best Friends is autobiographical. We'll just note that this story of a male-female screenwriting team was written by real-life married scenarists
Barry Levinson and
Valerie Curtin. Lovers as well as collaborators, scriveners Richard Babson (
Burt Reynolds) and Paula McCullen (
Goldie Hawn) decide to make their union legal. Predictably enough, they discover that their relationship goes straight downhill after they say "I do." The stars are far less interesting than the supporting cast, including
Jessica Tandy and
Barnard Hughes as
Hawn's parents,
Audra Lindley and
Keenan Wynn as Reynolds' folks,
Ron Silver as an avaricious producer (no names, please!), and
Richard Libertini as a Mexican justice of the peace.
~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
;)
