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So where's the DVD???

CWC | Long Beach, CA | 06/25/2003

(5 out of 5 stars)

"I was recently strolling through the DVD section of my local Circut City and found Goldie Hawn and Chevy Chase's movie "Seem Like Old Times" on DVD. Excited, I jumped over to the "F" section to see if "Foul Play" had been released on DVD... only not to see it there. "Seems..." was a disappointing follow-up movie to me that paired up Chevy and Goldie two years after "Foul Play." I am perplexed as to why "Seems..." is available on DVD format before "Foul Play.""Foul Play" is one of those movies that just gets better with time. Colin Higgins created one of those films in a Hitchcock manner that shows how "the student can outshine the teacher." The plot is spelled out in many other reviews posted here so I won't do that in my post... just give you a few of the impressions the movie gave me- and continues to give me 25 years later. Few, if any, movies are superior to me in moving seamlessly from a suspense scene to a comedy scene to romantic scene and back to a suspense scene without falling apart and becoming disjointed as "Foul Play." SO many funny scenes and phrases that stick with me today... "Beware the dwarf," "I gotta go warm up the... uh... weenies," Nobody messes with Stella unless Stella wants to be messed," "That was one tough mama!," "Far out," "Bang, bang Kojack"... the list just goes on and on. How many films can you really say that about?The movie has one of those casts with a chemistry that you couldn't imagine anyone else being cast in their place. Goldie and Chevy interact as if this was their 100th movie together, not their first. Dudley Moore, Rachel Roberts, Bruce Soloman, and Burgess Meredith, and everyone else whose names I can't remember or don't know... perfect, perfect, perfect in their respective roles... and Barry Manilow, at the height of his career, singing the theme song. How many car chases have been filmed in San Francisco?? This car chase out does them all! It just doesn't get better than this. "Foul Play" is the reason people go to see movies and how movies should be made. My idea?? Any aspiring film-maker shoudl be required to watch and discuss this movie in film class! In general, comedies always play second rank to the serious films when being ranked for influence and greatness. "Foul Play," however, deserves the title of "classic" in its own right. It is truly that great a film to me. If you haven't seen this movie, run, don't walk to your local video store and hope they have the VHS edition available. An evening home with an imaginative, first-class, blue ribbon, and Oscar-worthy best director, best actor, best actress, best screenplay, best cinematography, best movie (whew!- heh heh) movie- can't get better than "Foul Play.""

One of the funniest comedies of all time.

CWC | 10/18/1999

(5 out of 5 stars)

"It's a romantic comedy with a little action adventure. Amazing on screen chemistry between Goldie Hawn and Chevy Chase. This is probably one of the few films when Chase comes across as the sexy leading man, not the goofy father of Vacation. The story has lots of twists and turns and some very funny characters, like Dudley Moore, the symphony conductor with a dirty mind always in the wrong place at the wrong time. Burgess Merdith, the landlord with a pet snake, and a quick but memorable appearance by an Asian couple getting their first taste of America in a police chase through the streets of San Francisco. Simply hilarious."