Hmm where to start with this one? Town and Country is
certainly a little strange but I think it came home with the goods in the end and made a
memorable mark.
This is a fantastic cast and they all gave great performances. The film is based around
Porter and Ellie Stoddard (Warren Beatty and Diane Keaton) who live in an upper-class life
in the City of New York. Theyre best friends Griffin and Mona (Gary Shandling and
Goldie Hawn) live further out of town also in a classy neighbourhood. All seems to be
going perfectly for the two families until Mona follows Griffin one day to discover he is
having an affair. She turns to Porter her life long best friend for advice and Porter
tries to handle the situation admirably but deep down he is churning over his own little
affair. He seems to want to end the affair but cant quite get on top of it.
In an effort to help Mona, he goes on a trip to one of her other houses in Mississippi
and the two of them get a little closer than they should. This really throws a spanner in
the works as Porter has always been the solid reliable rock, but now his life is turning
more and more every day.
Griffin offers porter a few days away in the snow to help him clear his head, here he
falls into another 2 women Eugenie (Andie Macdowell) the daughter of a psychotic right
wing family who think he should marry her, not that she doesnt have a few screws
loose herself. Then theres Auburn (Jenna Elfman) who is a bit fruity but shows
Porter how to have a good time again.
Of course porter gets so caught up in all these women and their different situations he
is heading for trouble!