Cousins | | Cast : | Ted Danson, Isabella Rossellini | | Director : | Joel Schumacher | | Studio : | Paramount Studio | | Format : | Color, Closed-captioned, Widescreen, Dolby | | Released Date : | February 10, 1989 | | DVD Released Date : | August 19, 2003 | | Language : | French (Dubbed), English (Dubbed), English (Subtitled), English (Original Language), French (Original Language) | | Audience Rating : | PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested) | | | BUY THIS DVD FROM AMAZON |
Customer Reviews
| Rating |  | | Date | June 23, 2005 | | Summary | It's a family affair! | Content
 | This is one of the best romantic films I've ever seen! Larry ( Ted Danson) and Maria ( Isabella Rossellini) are attending the wedding of her mother to his uncle when their spouses disappear together after the ceremony for a very obvious tete-a-tete. All of the guests have departed and during the embarrassing lull Larry and Maria begin to get acquainted with one another. Both are fully aware of what their spouses are up to but each would like to pretend their assumptions are wrong. A few days after the wedding, Maria visits Larry at the dance studio where he is an instructor and the two discuss whether or not their spouses ( played by William Petersen and Sean Penn) are actually having an affair. This meeting leads to several others and the two quickly become good friends, discovering they have much more in common besides just a cheating spouse.
As their friendship turns to love, Larry and Maria both decide to step back from the relationship for a while as neither one of them is certain that they wish to end their marriage. It becomes apparent, though, that their spouses are continuing their affair and despite their best intentions to stay away from one another, Larry and Maria finally decide to take a chance on finding happiness together.
Ted Danson and Isabella Rossellini are just perfect together in this movie! Ms. Rossellini absolutely lights up the screen with her grace and beauty. And be sure to watch for a terrific performance by the late actor Lloyd Bridges as Ted Danson's aging but amorous father. He's a riot!
I highly, highly recommended this wonderful romance! |
| Rating | | | Date | April 16, 2005 | | Summary | One of my favorite movies... | Content
| I had no idea what this movie was about when I originally saw it in the movie theater in the mid-1980's. But, the minute it was over, I was hooked. Everything from the story line to the character development to the music is fantastic. I have watched it many a time, and each time I get the same wonderful enjoyment. It has a lot of good life lessons in it: the most important being that we should do what makes us happy instead of what everyone else is expecting of us. I'm reminded of that each time I watch it! |
| Rating | | | Date | June 21, 2004 | | Summary | Superb and sweet romance | Content
| This is one of those incredibly charming,disarmingly sweet, and totally touching comedic romances that you can watch over and over and over again- and still get that warm and fuzzy feeling inside.The plot is pretty typical, but the entire cast(Isabella and Ted have GREAT chemistry, the dialogue, and just the entire atmosphere of the thing make it work-big time.They just don't make too many romantic comedies like this anymore.Even if you hate the genre, but are just in the mood for something light, I definately recommend this sweet little gem! |
| Rating | | | Date | February 25, 2004 | | Summary | "Gone Sailing" | Content
| 4.5 stars. I was walking up and down the aisles of my local video store the other day and I was getting frustrated. The new release I wanted to rent wasn't there, none of the films on my short rental list were even available. So I wandered the aisles, sulking, when I noticed a movie I hadn't seen in years. It was "Cousins," with Ted Danson and Isabella Rossellini. Why not? I really didn't remember much about it other than rave critical reviews from the time. I was a teenager at the time so it is not really surprising that I don't remember a romance film. That was the last thing on my mind. Anyway, I got it home, dished up some spaghetti, and sat down to watch an "okay" movie. I was pleasantly surprised to find myself interested in the goings on of each and every character in this large ensemble cast. But the throughline story involves the two main actors, Ted and Isabella. Their romance is both realistic and fantastical, where they are able to see all the wonders of the world merely by staring into each other's eyes. Now, at first that may sound sappy. Believe me, I'm the last man on Earth to be attracted to a romance film, but somehow this one got to me. It could have been Isabella Rossellini, who for a large part of the film resembled her gorgeous mother, Ingrid Bergman. It was like watching a "classic romance" filmed for a different era, Mrs. Bergman's daughter absolutely glowing like her mother used to. There are also obvious nods to the film "Moonstruck" with its sometimes quirky characters caught in realistic situations. This movie could have been called "3 Weddings and a Funeral." It has a Hollywood ending, complete with sailing off toward the horizon, all the couple's dreams coming true, but somehow I loved it. I must be getting old. :) What's impossible to believe is that this was directed by Joel Schumacher, who directed the abysmal "Batman and Robin." It's really too bad he didn't stay with films about real people, because this film shines. This is a nearly lost, mostly forgotten gem of a film, and it is easy to recommend. |
| Rating | | | Date | August 25, 2003 | | Summary | Great Movie. | Content
| This is a great movie. Definitely one to own. |
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