Word: hawn
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...they split up. Cook worked in London while Moore tried his luck in Hollywood. The following year he co-starred with Chevy Chase and Goldie Hawn as a sex-crazed swinger in the movie Foul Play. Since then he has never been idle, and rarely lonely...
...Reynolds sure become some kind of quiche-eater." To confirm these rock-ribbed fears that the erstwhile Gator's preference has turned to that metaphorical dish, they might very well point to the scene in Best Friends where, with a pout and an arched eyebrow. Burt grumbles to Goldie Hawn: "I hate grits." It is, it seems, a final, symbolic denial of his celluloid past...
...speedboats 'n'-shotguns for those Modern Relationships with Jill Clayburgh and company that his cuteness undermines him. His easygoing charm works fine when crashing through state trooper roadblocks, but in the already cute genre of romantic comedy, it becomes superfluous and cloying. And with the addition of Goldie Hawn's aggressive cuddlyness. Best Friends is positively overloaded...
...main problem, however, lies in the script, which equivocates between a light piece and a serious drama about love, friendship, careers, etc. The abrupt oscillations leave Reynolds and Hawn stranded somewhere in between, rather confused and half-hearted...
Best Friends Or: They're Playing Our Script. Richard (Burt Reynolds) and Paula (Goldie Hawn) are successful screenwriters who play out the new Hollywood romance. Boy lives with Girl, Boy marries Girl, Boy loses Girl, Boy meets Girl and realizes that amity is as important to their relationship as ecstasy. As it happens, the film's real-life writers, Valerie Curtin and Barry (Diner) Levinson, are married. The picture is a skewed documentary about two professionals working hard to be both witty and romantic. This time they worked too hard. In an attempt, perhaps, to place a discreet distance between...