When Larry and Maria learn that their respective spouses are cheating on them, they try to turn the tables on them by pretending to have an affair. However, they soon find themselves falling in love.
Acting
Rossellini's luminous presence elevates every scene she's in.
Costume
Peak late-80s power dressing and coastal wedding aesthetics.
Direction
Schumacher keeps the farce breezy without tipping into cruelty.
Director
Joel Schumacher
Ted Danson
Larry Kozinski
Isabella Rossellini
Maria Hardy
Sean Young
Tish Kozinski
William Petersen
Tom Hardy
Lloyd Bridges
Vincent Kozinski
Norma Aleandro
Edie Hardy Kozinski
Keith Coogan
Mitch Kozinski
George Coe
Phil Kozinski
Katharine Isabelle
Chloe Hardy
Alex Bruhanski
Herbie
Stephen E. Miller
Stan
Gordon Currie
Dean Kozinski
Saffron Henderson
Terri Costello
Michèle Goodger
Claudia
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This is actually a remake of the 1975 French film 'Cousin Cousine'—Schumacher Americanized the sensuality into something more rom-com friendly.
Rossellini and Danson had genuine chemistry; she reportedly taught him Italian between takes. The wedding scene required three days of filming in brutal Vancouver rain.
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