First, the fact that RT reviewers gave this a 43 clearly demonstrates (once again) how out of touch those self-absorbed wanna-be reviewers are.

IMDb & their reviewers are much closer but still rates this movie too low.

Easily, Farina's best role. And it's way up there for Bette as well. Together, a match made both in heaven & hell. The casting is great, as is the writing. At the outset, hatred & spite resulting in nastiness to the nth degree. Normally, many would be put out off by this. But in the middle of a nasty exchange, the animosity instantly turns to crazy unbridled passion.

And so the stage is set. This is a Chevy vehicle (not the car) all the way.

BUT, it's done very funny. Carl Reiner really did a genius job somehow keeping it, not just light, but funny. In fact, laugh out loud funny at times.

With certain couples, the fire burns both directions: with hostility, and then again, with passion.

I won't spoil it, but Farina & Midler really pull it off. The intensity is soooo fiery.

Bonus! David (don't call me Sledge Hammer), Rasche, is hilarious as the goofy neurotic "other husband." A psychiatrist that drags 3 tiny obnoxious dogs around with him everywhere he goes; and needs an analyst himself. Ya gotta believe he wrote many of his own lines because they are so "him" (Rasche)

The other budding relationship is with the bride & the photographer, where they're thrown together in their quest to locate her parents, who have gone on a "lover's lam" together.

There's a scene with Midler & Farina that is worth the price of admission by itself. It's not a spoiler because it's separate from anything connected to the story.

It's a lure: They're in a beautiful lounge, Farina dressed to the nines, and Midler all done up and just radiant. A soft 4 piece combo plays jazz just adjacent to where their basking in each other's company. The piano player (real life musician Blue Mankuna) recognizes them from decades earlier and opens a short dialogue with them. The he has the combo do an intro to a different song. Blue says to Midler, "I believe this is your song." And then, Bette, never leaving the table, staring into Farina's eyes with love, sings "Somewhere Along The Way". Owning the dvd for years, she sings it so beautifully, so softly, we ALWAYS, reverse the disc just to take it in again. The price of admission and then some it's that great. So good, it moved the film's rating up one or two spots.

We've owned this for many years and take in a viewing every 1 to 2 years. Each time, my wife and I do indeed laugh. And again, the bonus of Bette singing in the lounge is priceless.

Bob R.

As larger-than-life as she is, Bette Midler manages to allow her co-stars to share the spotlight a little in this naughty comedy. David Rasche and Gail O'Grady could each carry a film on their own, and Farina's role fits him like a glove. Rasche was my favorite character. Jennifer Aniston was offered Paula Marshall's role as the daughter, but they wouldn't pony up $1 million for her. Marshall is fine, but Aniston may have been worth it to draw more people into the theatre and make this film the bigger hit it deserved to be. Her stuffed shirt of a husband exudes a sexy stuffed-shirtedness. But Nucci is annoying and his supposedly comic scenes with Marshall fall flat. He's supposed to be likabke, he's not. With Carl Reiner directing, it would hard to not find this film funny, and unpredictable. This film is not for people with conservative morals, but everyone else should enjoy it.

This was a fun movie. Admittedly, it was not the best film ever made, but it hangs together well enough, and is quite enjoyable.

Molly DeMora (Paula Marshall) is about to marry Keith Marks (Jamie Denton), the rather stuffy son of a Replubican Senator. Unfortunately for Molly, this means that she will have to invite both of her parents, who have been divorced since she was a little girl, and still don't get along well. Her mother, Lilly Leonard (Bette Midler), is a famous actress who is now married to a psycho-babbling therapist, Alan (David Rasche). Her father, Dan DeMora (Dennis Farina) is a famous writer who has married Rowena (Gail O'Grady), the woman he left Lilly for. Molly expects some sparks to fly between her parents, but the ones that do surprise even her, as they rekindle their romance (in an hilarious scene involving a rocking Volkswagen), and leave the reception together. Unfortunately, Keith fears that these kinds of antics will cause a scandal, something detrimental to both his career and his father's. So, he rather sternly orders Molly to handle the situation, which she does, with a paparazzo photographer (Danny Nucci) hot on her tail. However, as Molly tries to bring her parents to their senses, she starts to wonder if maybe they shouldn't be together after all - and if maybe she doesn't belong with Keith.

Admittedly, it's a silly story. In spite of that, it's still a well written one, and a well acted movie. Midler is hilarious as always. Farina shows an ability to charm even while playing for laughs. Nucci does a great job of showing a decent human being in spite of the slimy way he makes a living. Denton is wonderfully stuffy. But the best performance is Marshall, who seems to have an absolute gift for comedy.

Yes, it's a silly movie, but every now and then, you need a silly little diversion, and this is just the thing for those times.