
When a professional couple who have lived & worked together for many years finally decide to marry, their sudden betrothal causes many unexpectedly funny and awkward difficulties. They soon find that being married is often quite different from being "best friends.... (Full plot summary below)
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When a professional couple who have lived & worked together for many years finally decide to marry, their sudden betrothal causes many unexpectedly funny and awkward difficulties. They soon find that being married is often quite different from being "best friends.
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| EmanuelLevy.ComEmanuel LevyConsidering the source material (real life of writers Barry Levinson and Valerie Curtin, and the caliber of stars, Hawn and Reynolds, this comedy is disappointingly shallow and predictable. |
| Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertA movie filled with moments in which we recognize not movie stars, but ourselves. |
| Washington PostGary ArnoldThe chemistry between Hawn and Burt Reynolds is sublime in Norman Jewison's underappreciated gem, written by Valerie Curtin and Barry Levinson and loosely based on their relationship. |
| The Associated PressBob ThomasEven when Best Friends isn't working uproariously as a comedy, there's an element of original, offbeat humor that keeps it promising. |
| NewsweekDavid AnsenThe script is sharply written, while Jewison is a lot more sensitive to the material than he was on that earlier Levinson-Curtin effort, And Justice For All. But though engaging and agreeable, the film is never wildly funny. |
| Reel Film ReviewsDavid NusairThere's little doubt that Best Friends fares best in its compulsively watchable opening stretch... |
| New York TimesJanet MaslinEven when Best Friends isn't working uproariously as a comedy, there's an element of original, offbeat humor that keeps it promising. |
| User ReviewMarie PI saw this movie again recently after seeing it for the first time years ago. It was fun to watch again! Burt & Goldie have an awesome chemistry. Audra Lindley was superb as Burt's mother. |
| User ReviewCathy NI love this stupid little movie. I have seen it a million times Favorite line: "In Dee I Dow" |
| User ReviewMandy AI love this movie. It has one of my favorite lines. |