This long-delayed romantic comedy from director
Peter Chelsom stars
Warren Beatty as a wealthy New York architect, Porter Stoddard. The revelation that his best friend Griffin (
Garry Shandling) is cheating on his wife Mona (
Goldie Hawn) leads to a mid-life crisis of sorts for Porter, jeopardizing his marriage to Ellie (
Diane Keaton). When Mona leaves Griffin for her family's antebellum home in Mississippi, Porter accompanies her to lend his professional assistance in designing some home improvements and ends up entangled in a romantic assignation with his best friend's estranged wife. He then embarks on a series of other illicit, comical affairs. Among Porter's conquests are a cellist, Alex (
Nastassja Kinski), the beautiful Eugenie (
Andie MacDowell), and a Halloween reveler named Auburn (
Jenna Elfman). He also runs afoul of Eugenie's overprotective father (
Charlton Heston), who's armed with a shotgun and disturbingly unable to view his daughter as an adult. Town & Country (2001) is based on a script co-written by
Buck Henry. ~ Karl Williams, All Movie Guide