I was watching the trailer for the new Adam Sandler/Jennifer Aniston romantic comedy "Just Go With It" and I could not help feeling that it all sounded familiar. Then I realized it was a modern update of the film (and play) Cactus Flower. Sure enough when I looked up the movie on Wikipedia it stated that it was "inspired" by Cactus Flower.
Cactus Flower, from 1969, is a romantic comedy starring Walter Matthau, Ingrid Bergman and Goldie Hawn in her film debut. The story is about a Manhattan dentist (Matthau) who has told his girlfriend (Hawn) he is married in order to avoid entanglements. When he realizes he wants to marry her, he must arrange a divorce. This is complicated when his girlfriend wants to meet his "wife". He arranges for his nurse (Bergman) to assume the role. This subterfuge leads to multiple comedic entanglements, but everything ends happily ever after for all.
Hawn won a Best Supporting Actress Oscar for playing the flighty girlfriend Toni and Bergman also received praise as the long suffering nurse. The movie is funny but slightly dated as a relic from the 60's. It will be interesting to see what Sandler and Aniston do with an updated version.
At the Movie House rating *** stars
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